Maykop
Maykop (Russian: Майкоп; Adyghe: Мыекъуапэ, romanized: Mıéquapə [məjaqʷaːpa]) is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea in Russia. It is on the right bank of the Belaya River (a tributary of the Kuban River).
Maykop
Майкоп | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Adyghe | Мыекъуапэ |
| • Ubykh | Гъакъыва |
 View of the Druzhby Square and the Maykop Mosque | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Maykop  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°36′N 40°05′E / 44.600°N 40.083°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Adygea[1] |
| Founded | May 1857 |
| City status since | 1870 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Council of People's Deputies |
| • Head | Nikolay Pivovarov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 58.62 km2 (22.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 144,249 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 141,970 (−1.6%) |
| • Rank | 120th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | Maykop Republican Urban Okrug[1] |
| • Capital of | Republic of Adygea |
| • Capital of | Maykop Republican Urban Okrug[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Maykop Urban Okrug[5] |
| • Capital of | Maykop Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] | 385000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8772 |
| OKTMO ID | 79701000001 |
| City Day | First Saturday of June |
| Website | web |
History
changeMajor growth in Maykop started after oil deposits were found nearby in 1910. Maykop was a town in Kuban Oblast at the time.
In 1936, the Adyghe Autonomous Oblast was created with Maykop as the administrative center (capital city).
Maykop has been the capital of the Republic of Adygea since 1991.
Economy
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The finding of large underground oil reserves in 1910 has made Maykop a major centre for oil extraction for the Soviet Union and, later, Russia. Other economically important sectors are food processing and the timber industry.
Ethnic groups
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Ethnic groups in the city (2010 data):
- Russians (71.29%)
- Adyghe (19.71%)
- Armenians (3.03%)
- Ukrainians (1.88%)
Other ethnic groups include Chechens, Daghestanis and Tatars.[8] There are ethnic tensions between the Muslim Adyghe and the Russians—with the two communities described as being "sharply divided".[9]
Climate
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Maykop is in the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).
| Climate data for Maykop | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
17.2 (62.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
11.8 (53.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.4) |
41 (1.6) |
51 (2.0) |
58 (2.3) |
73 (2.9) |
89 (3.5) |
70 (2.8) |
58 (2.3) |
62 (2.4) |
66 (2.6) |
75 (3.0) |
69 (2.7) |
772 (30.4) |
| Average precipitation days | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 94 |
| Source: worldweather.org[10] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
change- Nikita Kucherov, professional ice hockey player
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #171
- ↑ Администрация муниципального образования «Город Майкоп» (официальный сайт). Archived September 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Общие сведения о Майкопе.
- ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Law #171 stipulates that the borders of the republican urban okrugs are identical to those of the municipal urban okrugs.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ Irina BABICH (2004). "THE REPUBLIC OF ADIGEY: ISLAM AND SOCIETY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY". Central Asia and the Caucasus. 6 (30): 55.
- ↑ Klimenko, Oxana; Bowers, Stephen R.; and Solovyeva, Lena, "North Caucasus Baseline Project: Adygea" (2009). Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 18. Page 3.
- ↑ "worldweather.org". Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2012.