Maykop
Maykop (Russian: Майкоп; Adyghe: Мыекъуапэ [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 (English) Майкоп (Russian) Мыекъуапэ (Adyghe) Гъакъыва (Ubykh) | |
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 View of the Druzhby Square and the Maykop Mosque | |
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| City Day | First Saturday of June |
| Administrative status (as of December 2010) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Adygea[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | Maykop Republican Urban Okrug[1] |
| Capital of | Republic of Adygea |
| Administrative center of | Maykop Republican Urban Okrug[1] |
| Municipal status (as of December 2010) | |
| Urban okrug | Maykop Urban Okrug[2] |
| Administrative center of | Maykop Urban Okrug[2] |
| Head | Nikolay Pivovarov |
| Representative body | Council of People's Deputies |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 58.62 km2 (22.63 sq mi)[3] |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 144,249 inhabitants[4] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 120th |
| Density | 2,461/km2 (6,374/sq mi)[5] |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | May 1857 |
| City status since | 1870 |
| Postal code(s) | 385000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8772 |
| Official website | |
History
Major 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
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.[6] There are ethnic tensions between the Muslim Adyghe and the Russians—with the two communities described as being "sharply divided".[7]
Climate
Maykop is in the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).
| Climate data for Maykop | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.9 (84) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
17.18 (62.93) |
| 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) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.8 (37) |
11.82 (53.27) |
| 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) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
6.41 (43.54) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.36) |
41 (1.61) |
51 (2.01) |
58 (2.28) |
73 (2.87) |
89 (3.5) |
70 (2.76) |
58 (2.28) |
62 (2.44) |
66 (2.6) |
75 (2.95) |
69 (2.72) |
772 (30.39) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 94 |
| Source: worldweather.org[8] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Nikita Kucherov, professional ice hockey player
Maykop Media
Brewery (cultural heritage)
Большая соборная мечеть в Майкопе
Holy Trinity Orthodox cathedral
Maykop female grammar school
Maykop train station
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #171
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Law #171 stipulates that the borders of the republican urban okrugs are identical to those of the municipal urban okrugs.
- ↑ 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[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ 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.