Nizhnekamsk

Nizhnekamsk municipal district was established on January 31, 2005 in accordance with the Laws “On General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” and “On Local Self-Government in the Republic of Tatarstan”. Nizhnekamsk was founded in 1961, the status of the city received on September 22, 1966.

The territory of the Nizhnekamsk municipal district is 1 million 733 thousand square kilometers. The territory of the Nizhnekamsk municipal district includes: the city of Nizhnekamsk, the urban-type village of Kamsky Polyany and 15 rural settlements. The administrative center of the district is the city of Nizhnekamsk.

As of January 1, 2009, 265,051 people live in the Nizhnekamsk municipal district, including 226,593 people in the city, 23,639 people in 15 rural settlements, 14,819 people in Kamsky Polyany.

The distance from Nizhnekamsk to Kazan is 237 km. Begishevo International Airport is 30 km from the city. Federal highway Moscow-Ufa is located 40 km from Nizhnekamsk.

Nizhnekamsk district is the third largest and second most important in Tatarstan. It accounts for 23% of industrial products produced in the republic and 30% of exports. It is the largest center of the petrochemical industry in Russia. Only one day in Nizhnekamsk produced: 226 tons of polystyrene, 30 thousand tires, 3 thousand tons of straight-run gasoline, 290 tons of carbon black.

Leading enterprises of the Nizhnekamsk industrial zone: OJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, OJSC Nizhnekamskshina, OJSC TAIF-NK, OJSC TANECO, OJSC Management Company Kamaglavstroy, Branch of OJSC Generalizing Company Nizhnekamsk CHP.

According to the results of the All-Russian competition “The Best Municipal Education” in 2007, Nizhnekamsk was recognized as the best in the nomination “Social sphere of municipal education”.

Source: http://www.e-nizhnekamsk.ru/