Kamskiye Polyany (russian: Ка́мские Поля́ны; tt-Cyrl, Кама Аланы, ''Qama Alanı'') is an urban locality (an

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 ...

) in

Nizhnekamsky District Nizhnekamsky District (russian: Нижнека́мский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Түбән Кама районы, ''Tübän Qama rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russ ...

of the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

, located on the left bank of the

Kama River The Kama (russian: Ка́ма, ; tt-Cyrl, Чулман, ''Çulman''; udm, Кам) is a long«Река � ...

, southwest of

Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk ( rus, Нижнекамск, p=nʲɪʐnʲɪˈkamsk; tt-Cyrl, Түбән Кама, ''Tübän Qama'') is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol. Po ...

, 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 the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 15,795.

History

It was established in the 18th century as the '' selo'' of Polyanki ().''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 205 Due to the construction of the now abandoned Tatar Nuclear Power Station, it was granted

status in 1982.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Kamskiye Polyany is subordinated to

.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Kamskiye Polyany is incorporated within Nizhnekamsky Municipal District as Kamskiye Polyany Urban Settlement.Law #31-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, there were several machine building plants in Kamskiye Polyany, as well as a garment factory, a knitting factory, and a construction panel factory.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was mostly Russian (52.3%),

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(37.9%), Chuvash (3.7%),

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

(1.7%), and Bashkir (1.1%).

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2016 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Tatarstan Monotowns in Russia Populated places on the Kama River Chistopolsky Uyezd