Kemerovo

Kemerovo
/kem"euh roh'veuh/; Russ. /kye"myi rddeuh veuh/, n.
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, NE of Novosibirsk. 471,000.

* * *

Russia
      city and administrative centre of Kemerovo oblast (region), south-central Russia. Kemerovo lies along the Tom River near the foothills of the Kuznetsk Alatau Mountains. The small village of Kemerovo was founded in the 1830s and merged with the village of Shcheglovo in 1918 to form the city of Shcheglovsk. The city began to grow rapidly with the development of the Kuznetsk Coal Basin, and in 1932 it reverted to the name Kemerovo. Today it is a major coal-mining centre, with pits in and around the city, and it is one of the most important chemical-manufacturing cities in Russia. Its products include nitrogenous fertilizers, plastics, material for synthetic fibres, aniline dyes and paints, caustic soda, ammonia, and pharmaceutical goods. The city's engineering industries manufacture coal-mining equipment and agricultural machinery, and sawmilling and timber working are important. There are mining and teacher-training institutes in the city. Pop. (2006 est.) 520,138.

      oblast (region), south-central Russia. The oblast lies in the Tom River basin. The north-south valley of the basin is flanked by the Kuznetsk Alatau Mountains on the east and by the lower Salair Ridge on the west. In the south are the low Gornaya Shoriya uplands, on which the headstreams of the Tom rise. The north has steppe vegetation, but most of the oblast is thickly forested with conifers that give way to meadows at higher elevations. The oblast encompasses the rich Kuznetsk Coal Basin, which underlies the entire area between the two flanking ranges, and the heavy industrial region that has developed on the coalfields since the 1930s. Almost nine-tenths of the oblast's population is urban, with the majority engaged in coal mining; the manufacture of iron, steel, and nonferrous metals (principally at Novokuznetsk); heavy engineering and machine building; and the chemical industry. Some iron ore is mined near Temirtau and Tashtagol in the south, as are small quantities of lead, zinc, barites, arsenic, and gold. Timber working is highly developed, especially the production of pit props. Agriculture is significant only in the north of the oblast. Kemerovo city is the provincial centre. Area 36,900 square miles (95,500 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) 2,838,533.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kemerovo — Кемерово …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kémérovo — Kemerovo Kemerovo Кемерово …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kemerovo — (Ruso: Кемерово) es una ciudad industriar rusa a orillas del río Tom. se encuentra al noreste de Novosibirsk, Siberia, Rusia, en las coordenadas (). cuenta con 520,600 habitantes. Es la capital del oblast de Kemerovo. * * * ► Prov. del centro O… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Kemerovo — [kem′ə rō vō΄, kem′ə rō′və] city in SC Russia, in the Kuznetsk Basin: pop. 503,000 …   English World dictionary

  • Kemerovo — Infobox Russian city EnglishName=Kemerovo RussianName=Кемерово Skyline=Pukpuk.jpg Skyline LatDeg=55 LatMin=21 LatSec=39 LonDeg=86 LonMin=5 LonSec=20 Status=LC LocatorMap LocatorMapLegend CityDay=June 12 FederalSubject=Kemerovo Oblast… …   Wikipedia

  • Kémerovo — Кемерово Kémerovo un Riñon Bandera …   Wikipedia Español

  • kemerovo — ˈkeməˌrō(ˌ)vō adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Kemerovo, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : of or from the city of Kemerovo, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : of the kind or style prevalent in Kemerovo …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kemerovo — Original name in latin Kemerovo Name in other language Gorad Kemerava, KEJ, Kemer, Kemerova, Kemerovas, Kemerovo, Kemerowo, Kmerovo, Kmerovo, Shcheglovsk, ke mai luo wo, kemelobo, kemerovuKemerovoo, kmrwf, kymyrwfw, kymyrww, qmrwbw, Горад… …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Kemerovo — Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Kemerovo Country and Admin Code RU.29 RU …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Kemerovo Aviation Enterprise — is an airline based in Kemerovo, Russia …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”