Belaya Kholunitsa (russian: Бе́лая Холуни́ца) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Belokholunitsky District
Belokholunitsky District (russian: Белохолуни́цкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast ...
in
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census).
Geography
Na ...
,
Russia
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, located on the river
Belaya Kholunitsa
Belaya Kholunitsa (russian: Бе́лая Холуни́ца) is a town and the administrative center of Belokholunitsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the river Belaya Kholunitsa ( Vyatka's tributary), northeast of Kirov, the admi ...
(
Vyatka's
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
), northeast of
Kirov, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
It was previously known as ''Kholunitsky'', ''Belokholunitsky''.
History
It was founded in 1764 due to the construction of an
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
as the settlement of Kholunitsky ().
It was later renamed Belokholunitsky () when the river it stood on was renamed. It was granted town status in 1965.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Belaya Kholunitsa serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Belokholunitsky District
Belokholunitsky District (russian: Белохолуни́цкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast ...
.
[Law #203-ZO] As an administrative division, it is, together with nine
rural localities, incorporated within Belokholunitsky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Belaya Kholunitsa.
As a
municipal division, the Town of Belaya Kholunitsa is incorporated within Belokholunitsky Municipal District as Belokholunitskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #284-ZO]
Economy
Industrial companies in the town include a load-and-carry equipment plant, two
logging
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Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...
and two
forestry
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companies, a
wood processing
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The major wood pro ...
and furniture-making plant, a
bread
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-making plant, among others.
There are deposits of
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...
,
clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4).
Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
,
gravel
Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone.
Gravel is classifi ...
,
lime
Lime commonly refers to:
* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
Botany ...
,
rubble
Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash)."Rubble" def. 2., "Brash n. 2. def. 1. ''Oxford English Dictionary ...
, and
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
in the town.
References
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External links
Official website of Belaya KholunitsaDirectory of organizations in Belaya KholunitsaUnofficial website of Belaya KholunitsaBelaya Kholunitsa Museum
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Cities and towns in Kirov Oblast
Monotowns in Russia
Slobodskoy Uyezd