Yelizovo
Елизово
Town[1]
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Yelizovo is located in Russia
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Yelizovo is located in Kamchatka Krai
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Yelizovo
Yelizovo (Kamchatka Krai)
Coordinates: 53°11′N 158°23′E / 53.183°N 158.383°E / 53.183; 158.383
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
Founded1848
Town status since1975[2]
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total39,569
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
39,216 (−0.9%)
 • Subordinated toYelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofYelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
 • Municipal districtYelizovsky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementYelizovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofYelizovsky Municipal District,[5] Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
684000Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID30607101001
Websiteadmelizovo.ru

Yelizovo (Russian: Е́лизово) is a town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Avacha River 32 kilometers (20 mi) northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with a population of 39,569 (2010 Census);[3]

History

Founded in 1848 as the selo of Stary Ostrog (Ста́рый Остро́г), it was renamed Zavoyko (Заво́йко) in 1897, after the Russian admiral Vasily Zavoyko who led the defense of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The village was renamed Yelizovo in 1924.[2] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1964, and town status was granted in 1975.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelizovo serves as the administrative center of Yelizovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated as Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement within Yelizovsky Municipal District.[5]

Demographics

Ethnic composition (2010):[3]

The town has a small population of Korean people who were descended from North Korean contract workers from 1946.[9]

Transportation and infrastructure

The town's most notable claim to fame is serving as the host for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, the largest airport on Kamchatka. A major Soviet space telemetry station, NIP-6, was also located nearby.

In Yelizovo, there is a long-wave broadcasting station with a 255 metres (837 ft) tall ARRT-Antenna.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #46
  2. ^ a b Историческая справка
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Law #255
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Главная".
  9. ^ Doo, Rumy (October 26, 2017). "Documentary spotlights Koreans on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula". The Korea Herald. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

Sources

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Yelizovo.

Administrative divisions of Kamchatka Krai
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