Nizhniye Vyazovye (russian: Ни́жние Вязовы́е; tt-Cyrl, Карамалы Тау, ''Qaramalı Taw'') is an urban locality (an

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) in Zelenodolsky District 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 ...

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, located on the right bank of the

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Kuybyshev Reservoir Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir (russian: Ку́йбышевское водохрани́лище, Kuybyshevskoye Vodokhranilishche), sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of ...

), west of Zelenodolsk, the

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of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,048.

History

It was founded no later than the first half of the 17th century and was granted

status in 1957.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 141

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Nizhniye Vyazovye is subordinated to Zelenodolsky District.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Nizhniye Vyazovye, together with eleven rural localities, is incorporated within Zelenodolsky Municipal District as Nizhniye Vyazovye Urban Settlement.Law #24-ZRT

Economy and infrastructure

As of 1997, two major industrial enterprises in the settlement were a fur factory and a meat combine. The settlement serves as a railway station on the

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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 ...

line.

Demographics

In 1989, the population was ethnically mostly

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(78.5%), followed by

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(14.5%), Chuvash (2.1%), and

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(1.0%).

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2017 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Tatarstan Populated places established in the 17th century Sviyazhsky Uyezd