Gay, Russia
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Coordinates: 51°28′N 58°27′E / 51.467°N 58.45°E
Gay or Gai (Russian: Гай, IPA: [ɡaɪ]) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located 230 kilometers (143 mi) east of Orenburg. It is the administrative center of Gaysky District. Population: 41,100 (2005 est.); 41,621 (2002 Census);[1] 41,668 (1989 Census).[2]
Gay was founded in 1959 as an industrial settlement. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965, and town status in 1979.
The coat of arms of Gay states: "Remember the Past. Believe in the Future."
[edit] External links
- Unofficial website of Gay (Russian)
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- В. Г. Альтов. "Города Оренбургской области" (V. G. Altov. Cities and towns of Orenburg Oblast). Chelyabinsk, Yuzhno-Uralskoye Publishing, 1974.
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