Neftegorsk (russian: Нефтего́рск) is a
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 ...
and the
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Neftegorsky District
Neftegorsky District (russian: Нефтего́рский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Samara Oblast and municipalLaw #189-GD district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeastern cen ...
in
Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localitie ...
,
Russia
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, located southeast of
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1960 as an
oil
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-extracting settlement.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
status was granted to it in 1966; town status was granted in 1989.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Neftegorsk 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
Neftegorsky District
Neftegorsky District (russian: Нефтего́рский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Samara Oblast and municipalLaw #189-GD district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeastern cen ...
,
to which it is directly subordinated. As a
municipal division, 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 Neftegorsk is incorporated within Neftegorsky Municipal District as Neftegorsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #54-GD]
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
*Mojgorod.ru
Entry on Neftegorsk
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Cities and towns in Samara Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1960
Former urban-type settlements of Samara Oblast