Kirovske, Crimea

Kirovske (Kirovskoye) (Ukrainian: Кіровське; Russian: Кировское; Crimean Tatar: İslâm Terek) (until 1944, İslâm Terek) is an urban-type settlement in the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 6,883 (2014 Census).[4]

Kirovske (Kirovskoye)
Кіровське — Кировское — İslâm Terek
Urban-type settlement
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Kirovske (Kirovskoye) is located in Crimea
Kirovske (Kirovskoye)
Kirovske (Kirovskoye)
Location of Kirovske (Kirovskoye) in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°13′25″N 35°12′19″E
CountryTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1]
RepublicCrimea
DistrictKirovske Raion
First mentioned1783
Town status1957
Government
 • MayorAleksandr Evseyev[2]
Area
 • Total5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total6,883
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
297300
Area code+7 365 55
ClimateCfa
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Kirovske (Kirovskoye) also serves as the administrative center of the Kirovske Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings.[5]

A military air base, Kirovske, is located south of the town. It was used extensively by Soviet Naval Aviation and Soviet Air Defense Forces during the Cold War.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, its population was 7,431.[5]

References
  1. This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
  2. "Aleksandr Evseyev Elected as Mayor of Kirovskoye" (in Russian). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "Kirovske (Crimea, Kirovske Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  5. "Kirovske, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kirovske Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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