Kovdor
{{Short description|Town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia}}
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Kovdor ({{langx|ru|Ковдор}}, {{langx|fi|Koutero}}) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=18,820|p2002=20,867|p1989=30,478}}
History
By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk.Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57 By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet. However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.
Economy
File:Ул. Ленина (Ковдор).jpg of Kovdorsky GOK]]
Kovdor is located in the center of a large mineral resources field. The town's industry is mostly tied to mining. A carbonatite mine is located near the town. Public limited company "Kovdor's Mining Plant" (Kovdorsky gorno-obogatitelny kombinat, or Kovdorsky GOK) is the largest company in the town and in Kovdorsky District. Kovdorsky GOK is a part of Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurochem.ru/about-eurochem-2/|title=About EuroChem|year=2011|publisher=EuroChem|access-date=November 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120003511/http://www.eurochem.ru/about-eurochem-2/|archive-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}
The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.[http://www.murman.ru/ecology/cadastre/3-5.html Information about Kovdorsky District and Kovdorsky GOK]
International relations
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.kolamap.ru/topo/kovdor.htm Map of Kovdor]
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713024217/http://kev-kovdor-news.ucoz.ru/ |date=July 13, 2006 |title=Kovdor news }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819140152/http://kovdor-online.ru/ Kovdor-OnLine!]
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