Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk
Магнитогорск
City
Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Flag of Magnitogorsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Magnitogorsk
Coat of arms
Location of Magnitogorsk
Map
Magnitogorsk is located in Russia
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk
Location of Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°23′N 59°02′E / 53.383°N 59.033°E / 53.383; 59.033
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
Founded1743
City status since1931
Government
 • MayorSergey Berdnikov
Elevation
370 m (1,210 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total
407,775
 • Estimate 
(2015)
417,039
 • Rank44th in 2010
 • Subordinated toCity of Magnitogorsk[2]
 • Capital ofCity of Magnitogorsk[2]
 • Urban okrugMagnitogorsky Urban Okrug[2]
 • Capital ofMagnitogorsky Urban Okrug[2]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
455000
Dialing code(s)+7 3519
OKTMO ID75738000001
Websitewww.magnitogorsk.ru/index.php?lang=en

Magnitogorsk (Russian: Магнитого́рск, IPA: [məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk], lit. '[city] of the magnetic mountain') is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population is currently 410,594 (2021 Census)[5].

Magnitogorsk was named after Mount Magnitnaya, a geological anomaly that once consisted almost completely of iron ore, around 55% to 60% iron. It is the second-largest city in Russia that is not the administrative centre of any federal subject or district. Magnitogorsk contains the largest iron and steel works in the country: Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The official motto of the city is "the place where Europe and Asia meet", as the city occupies land in both Europe and Asia.[citation needed]

Magnitogorsk is one of only two planned socialist realist settlements ever built (the other being Nowa Huta in Poland).

  1. ^ 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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  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.