Shugurovo (Russian: Шугурово; Tatar: Шөгер, pronounced [ʃɶˈɡɶr]) is a village (selo) in Leninogorsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Leninogorsk, the administrative center of the district, on the Lesnaya Sheshma River (a tributary of the Sheshma). Shugurovo was founded in the 19th century. It was granted the status of urban-type settlement in 1950 but was demoted to a rural locality on October 25, 2004.[1]
Population: 2,239 (2002 Census);[2] 2,032 (1989 Soviet census).[3] In 1989, ethnic Tatars constituted 86.9% and ethnic Russians–8.9% of the population. The majority of the village population are employed in the boehmite, bitumen, woodworking, and agricultural machinery industries.
There is a secondary school, a cultural center, a hospital, and a mosque in Shugurovo.
References
edit- "Шөгер". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
- ^ Государственный Совет Республики Татарстан. Постановление №495-III ГС от 25 октября 2004 г. «О преобразовании рабочего посёлка Шугурово Лениногорского района Республики Татарстан в село Шугурово». (State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Resolution #495-III GS of October 25, 2004 On Transformation of the Work Settlement of Shugurovo of Leninogorsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan into the Village of Shugurovo. ).
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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