Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (English) Каменск-Шахтинский (Russian) |
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Location of Rostov Oblast in Russia |
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Administrative status (as of May 2011) | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Rostov Oblast |
Administratively subordinated to | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug |
Administrative center of | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug |
Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
Urban okrug | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug |
Administrative center of | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug |
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Population (2010 Census) | 95,296 inhabitants |
- Rank in 2010 | 180th |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
Founded | 1686 |
Town status since | 1927 |
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Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russian: Ка́менск-Ша́хтинский) is a town in Rostov Oblast, located on the Seversky Donets River. Population: 95,296 (2010 Census);75,632 (2002 Census);72,379 (1989 Census).
It was founded by Cossack settlers in 1686 and was granted town status in 1927.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.
Once a major coal-mining center of the eastern Donets coal basin, it now an important producer of artificial fibers and mining machinery as well as glass. European route E40 passes through Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.