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Belorechensk
Белореченск
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Location of Belorechensk | |
Location of Belorechensk Show map of RussiaBelorechensk (Krasnodar Krai) Show map of Krasnodar Krai | |
Coordinates: 44°46′07″N 39°52′24″E / 44.76861°N 39.87333°E / 44.76861; 39.87333 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai[1] |
Founded | 1862[2] |
Town status since | 1958[3] |
Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
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• Total | 53,892 |
• Rank | 306th in 2010 |
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• Subordinated to | Town of Belorechensk[1] |
• Capitalof | Town of Belorechensk,[1] Belorechensky District[1] |
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• Municipal district | Belorechensky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capitalof | Belorechensky Municipal District,[5] Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
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OKTMOID | 03608101001 |
Website | www |
Belorechensk (Russian: Белоре́ченск) is a towninKrasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from which it takes its name. It forms the municipal formation Belorechenskoye urban settlement, as the only locality in its composition. Population: 51,590 (2020), 53,892 (2010 Russian census);[4] 54,028 (2002 Census);[8] 51,177 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1862.[2] Town status was granted to it in 1958.[3] During the Soviet period, a corrective labor camp was located here.[citation needed] Belorechensk-White Rechensk was briefly occupied by Germany in the Second World War.[citation needed]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belorechensk serves as the administrative centerofBelorechensky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Yuzhny Rural Okrug (which comprises three rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Belorechensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Belorechensk is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement.[5] Yuzhny Rural Okrug is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Yuzhnenskoye Rural Settlement.[5]
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