Usinsk

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For the airport, see Usinsk Airport.
Usinsk (English)
Усинск (Russian)
Ускар (Komi)
-  Town[1]  -
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Aerial view of Usinsk
Map of Russia - Komi Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Usinsk is located in Komi Republic
Usinsk
Usinsk
Location of Usinsk in the Komi Republic
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Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Komi Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Usinsk[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Usinsk[1]
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Urban okrug Usinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Usinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor[citation needed] Alexander Tyan[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 40,827 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1966[citation needed]
Town status since 1984[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[5] 169710, 169711, 169712
Dialing code(s) +7 82144[citation needed]
Official website
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Usinsk]] on Wikimedia Commons

Usinsk (Russian: Усинск; Komi: Ускар, Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 757 kilometers (470 mi) east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar and 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population: 40,827 (2010 Census);[3] 45,358 (2002 Census);[6] 47,219 (1989 Census).[7]

History

Usinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic.[citation needed] Town status was granted to it in 1984.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Parma and eighteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Usinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Usinsk is incorporated as Usinsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

The town is the center for the production of oil and gas in the Komi Republic. Three quarters of all the oil produced in the republic comes from the fields in the territory around Usinsk. In 1980, the town was connected to the Pechora Railway by a 108-kilometer (67 mi) long sidetrack.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #16-RZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #11-RZ
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sources

  • Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №13-РЗ от 6 марта 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №44, 16 марта 2006 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #16-RZ of March 6, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of the official publication date.).
  • Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №11-РЗ от 5 марта 2005 г. «О территориальной организации местного самоуправления в Республике Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу 1 апреля 2005 г.. Опубликован: "Республика", №44–45, 17 марта 2005 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #11-RZ of March 5, 2005 On the Territorial Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of April 1, 2005.).

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