Asbest

Asbest
Асбест
Welcome sign at the entrance to Asbest, saying "Asbest is my town and destiny"
Welcome sign at the entrance to Asbest, saying "Asbest is my town and destiny"
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Asbest is located in Russia
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Location of Asbest
Asbest is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Asbest (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 57°00′N 61°28′E / 57.000°N 61.467°E / 57.000; 61.467
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Founded1889
Town status since1933
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 • Total
68,893
 • Subordinated toTown of Asbest[1]
 • Capital ofTown of Asbest
 • Urban okrugAsbestovsky Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofAsbestovsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
624260
Dialing code(s)+7 34365
OKTMO ID65730000001

Asbest (Russian: Асбе́ст) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: 68,893 (2010 Census);[2] 76,328 (2002 Census);[6] 84,470 (1989 Soviet census).[7] It was previously known as Kudelka (Sliver) (until 1928).

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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.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SverdlovskO_mun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  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.