Novoalexandrovsk (russian: Новоалекса́ндровск) 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
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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Novoalexandrovsky District in
Stavropol Krai,
Russia
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, located on the bank of the
Rasshevatka River, northwest of
Stavropol
Stavropol (; rus, Ставрополь, p=ˈstavrəpəlʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities.
It was known as ...
, the administrative center of the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relat ...
. Population: 26,518 (2020),
History
It was founded in 1804 by settlers from Central Russia as the village of Novo-Alexandrovskoye (). In 1832, it was transformed into the
Cossack ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...
'' of Novoalexandrovskaya (). It was granted town status and renamed Novoalexandrovsk in 1971.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Novoalexandrovsk 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Novoalexandrovsky District.
[Resolution #63-p] As an administrative division, it is, together with the ''
khutor
A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement. '' of
Verny, incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky 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 Novoalexandrovsk. As a
municipal division, the Town of Novoalexandrovsk is incorporated within Novoalexandrovsky Municipal District as Novoalexandrovsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #47]
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Cities and towns in Stavropol Krai
Populated places established in 1804