Kukmor (russian: Ку́кмор; tt-Cyrl, Кукмара, ''Quqmara'') 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 ...

) and the

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Kukmorsky District Kukmorsky District (russian: Кукморский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Кукмара районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the ...

in 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-eig ...

, located on the Nurminka River (in the Vyatka's basin), near the border with Kirov Oblast, from the republic's capital of

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 16,918.

History

It was established in the second quarter of the 18th century as a wool and wood artisan center and was granted

status in 1928.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', pp. 158–159 It serves as a district

since 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Kukmor serves as the

, of which it is a part.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Kukmor is incorporated within Kukmorsky Municipal District as Kukmor Urban Settlement.Law #27-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, Kukmor's industrial facilities included several

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and food industry enterprises, as well as a kitchenware plant and a brick factory. Kukmor railway station lies on the

–

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

line.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was mostly

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

(77.9%),

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

(11.2%), Udmurt (9.2%), and Mari (1.0%).

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2016 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Tatarstan Mamadyshsky Uyezd