Novocherkassk

Novocherkassk
Новочеркасск
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Novocherkassk is located in Russia
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Location of Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk is located in Rostov Oblast
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Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk (Rostov Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°25′20″N 40°05′38″E / 47.42222°N 40.09389°E / 47.42222; 40.09389
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast[1]
Founded1805
Government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies
 • Head of AdministrationAnatoly Volkov
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 • Total168,746
 • Rank108th in 2010
 • Subordinated toNovocherkassk Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofNovocherkassk Urban Okrug[1]
 • Urban okrugNovocherkassk Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofNovocherkassk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
3464xx
Dialing code(s)+7 8635
OKTMO ID60727000001
Websitewww.novochgrad.ru

Novocherkassk (Russian: Новочерка́сск, lit.'New Cherkassk') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as the cultural capital of the Cossacks, and as the official capital of the Don Cossacks. Population: 168,746 (2010 Census);[2] 170,822 (2002 Census);[6] 187,973 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
189752,000—    
192662,000+19.2%
193981,000+30.6%
195995,453+17.8%
1970162,365+70.1%
1979183,055+12.7%
1989187,973+2.7%
2002170,822−9.1%
2010168,746−1.2%
2021163,674−3.0%
Source: Census data
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  2. ^ a b 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.
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  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.