- Source: Kovdor
Kovdor (Russian: Ковдор, Finnish: Koutero) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population: 18,820 (2010 Census); 20,867 (2002 Census); 30,478 (1989 Soviet census).
History
By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk. 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
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.
The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.
International relations
= Twin towns and sister cities
=Kovdor is twinned with:
Haparanda, Sweden
Salla, Finland
References
External links
Map of Kovdor
Kovdor news at the Wayback Machine (archived July 13, 2006)
Kovdor-OnLine!
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar kota dan kota kecil di Rusia
- Kovdor
- Kovdorskite
- Elizaveta Alexandrova-Zorina
- EuroChem
- Haparanda Municipality
- Petrozavodsk phenomenon
- Carbonatite
- List of districts in Russia
- Kovdorsky District
- List of cities and towns in Russia
