En Name: | Sredneuralsk |
Ru Name: | Среднеуральск |
Coordinates: | 56.9833°N 88°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Sredneuralsk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
Coa Caption: | Coat of arms of Sredneuralsk Urban Okrug |
Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | 2011 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2009 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Sredeuralsk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Sredeuralsk Urban Okrug |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alexey Danilov |
Pop 2010Census: | 20449 |
Established Date: | June 27, 1931 |
Current Cat Date: | February 17, 1966 |
Postal Codes: | 624070, 624071 |
Dialing Codes: | 34368 |
Website: | http://sredneuralsk.ru |
Commonscat: | Sredneuralsk |
Date: | November 2009 |
Sredneuralsk (Russian: Среднеура́льск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the shore of Iset Lake, at the head of the Iset River, 25km (16miles) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 19,555 (2002 Census);
It was founded in on June 27, 1931. Town status was granted to it on February 17, 1966.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-seven rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Sredneuralsk, together with three rural localities, is incorporated as Sredneuralsk Urban Okrug.[2] The town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma and twenty-four rural localities are incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Pyshma Urban Okrug.
The climate of Sredneyralsk is continental. The average temperature amplitude is to . The average temperature in January is ; in July: . The snow cover usually stays on surface for up to five months from November to the middle of April. The average year precipitation is 430mm500mm. The town is situated 252m-278mm (827feet-912feetm) above sea level.
The main rock soil components are granite and argillaceous slates.
Thermal power station "SUGRES" is based in Sredneuralsk. The station was officially opened on June 27, 1931. Other industrial enterprises include:
The town is connected to the main bus route. The route length from Sredneuralsk to Yekaterinburg is 25km (16miles).
There are three secondary and primary schools, one kindergarten, and a campus of the Ural Metallurgical College in Sredneuralsk.
There is also Volna Culture and Leisure Centre (previously Volna cinema) and a library of 70,000 books.
There are about thirty architecture points of interest in Sredneuralsk, such as Chortovo Gorodishche, Sem Bratyev (Seven Brothers), etc.