Novoalexandrovsk
Новоалександровск | |
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![]() Welcome sign at the entrance to Novoalexandrovsk | |
Coordinates: 45°30′N 41°14′E / 45.500°N 41.233°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Stavropol Krai[1] |
Administrative district | Novoalexandrovsky District[1] |
Town | Novoalexandrovsk |
Founded | 1804 |
Town status since | 1971 |
Area | |
• Total | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 26,757 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
• Capital of | Novoalexandrovsky District,[1] Town of Novoalexandrovsk |
• Municipal district | Novoalexandrovsky Municipal District[4] |
• Urban settlement | Novoalexandrovsk Urban Settlement[4] |
• Capital of | Novoalexandrovsky Municipal District,[5] Novoalexandrovsk Urban Settlement[4] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
Postal code(s)[7] | 356000–356003 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 86544 |
OKTMO ID | 07643101001 |
Website | novoalex |
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) northwest of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 26,518 (2020), 26,757 (2010 Russian census);[3] 27,315 (2002 Census);[8] 25,759 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
It was founded in 1804 by settlers from Central Russia as the village of Novo-Alexandrovskoye (Но́во-Алекса́ндровское).[citation needed] In 1832, it was transformed into the Cossack stanitsa of Novoalexandrovskaya (Новоалекса́ндровская).[citation needed] It was granted town status and renamed Novoalexandrovsk in 1971.[citation needed]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novoalexandrovsk serves as the administrative center of Novoalexandrovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the khutor of Verny, incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky District as the Town of Novoalexandrovsk.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the Town of Novoalexandrovsk is incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky Municipal District as Novoalexandrovsk Urban Settlement.[4]