Kushva
Кушва | |
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![]() Kushva town hall, September 2014 | |
Coordinates: 58°17′N 59°44′E / 58.283°N 59.733°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast[1] |
Founded | 1735 |
Town status since | 1926 |
Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 30,167 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 28,060 (−7%) |
• Subordinated to | Town of Kushva[1] |
• Capital of | Town of Kushva |
• Urban okrug | Kushvinsky Urban Okrug[4] |
• Capital of | Kushvinsky Urban Okrug[4] |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[6] | |
OKTMO ID | 65748000001 |
Kushva (Russian: Кушва) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: 30,167 (2010 Russian census);[2] 35,555 (2002 Census);[7] 43,096 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from Kushvinsky Zavod (Кушвинский Завод) to Kushva.[citation needed] Currently it is stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhnyaya Tura and twelve rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kushva[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[9] As a municipal division, Kushva and twelve rural localities are incorporated as Kushvinsky Urban Okrug.[4] The town of Verkhnyaya Tura is incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug.[4]