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Federal subject
  
Stavropol Krai

Area
  
21 km²

Country
  
Russia

Town
  
Novoalexandrovsk

Local time
  
Monday 5:00 PM

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Administrative district
  
Novoalexandrovsky District

Administrative center of
  
Novoalexandrovsky District, Town of Novoalexandrovsk

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 67% Humidity

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Novoalexandrovsk (Russian: Новоалекса́ндровск) is a town and the administrative center of Novoalexandrovsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the bank of the Rasshevatka River, 110 kilometers (68 mi) southwest of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 26,757 (2010 Census); 27,315 (2002 Census); 25,759 (1989 Census).

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Map of Novoalexandrovsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia

History

It was founded in 1804 by settlers from Central Russia as the village of Novo-Alexandrovskoye (Но́во-Алекса́ндровское). In 1832, it was transformed into the Cossack stanitsa of Novoalexandrovskaya (Новоалекса́ндровская). It was granted town status and renamed Novoalexandrovsk in 1971.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novoalexandrovsk serves as the administrative center of Novoalexandrovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with the khutor of Verny, incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky District as the Town of Novoalexandrovsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Novoalexandrovsk is incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky Municipal District as Novoalexandrovsk Urban Settlement.

References

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