Magas

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Magas (English)
Магас (Russian)
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Residence of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia in Magas

Location of the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia
Magas
Location of Magas in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 43°10′N 44°48′E / 43.167°N 44.800°E / 43.167; 44.800Coordinates: 43°10′N 44°48′E / 43.167°N 44.800°E / 43.167; 44.800
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Administrative status (as of 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Magas[2]
Capital of Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Magas[2]
Municipal status (as of March 2014)
Urban okrug Magas Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Magas Urban Okrug[3]
Head[4] Makhmud Inarkiyev[4]
Representative body Town Council[5]
Statistics
Area 12.6261 km2 (4.8750 sq mi)[6]
Population (2010 Census) 2,502 inhabitants[7]
Density 198/km2 (510/sq mi)[8]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[9]
Founded 1995[10]
Town status since 2000[10]
Postal code(s)[11] 386001
Dialing code(s) +7 8734
Official website
Magas on Wikimedia Commons

Magas (Russian: Мага́с) is the capital town of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It was founded in 1995 and replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002. In terms of population, Magas is the smallest capital of a federal subject in Russia: 5,841 (2015); 2,502 (2010 Census);[7] 275 (2002 Census).[12]

History

The Republic of Ingushetia came into existence in 1992, having been split from the Chechen–Ingush ASSR. Nazran, the largest of three towns of the new republic, was made a temporary capital.

In 1995, President Ruslan Aushev founded Magas just a few kilometers south of Nazran, naming it after the medieval city of Maghas. The new town was supposed to serve purely for administrative needs.

Geography

Location

Magas is located in the western area of Ingushetia, at the borders with Prigorodny Raion of North Ossetia-Alania. It is surrounded by Nazranovsky Raion, and the nearest settlements are Ekazhevo, the city of Nazran, and Ali-Yurt. The town is also 30 km from the North Ossetian-Alanian capital city, Vladikavkaz.

Administrative and municipal status

Magas is the capital of the republic.[1] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Magas—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Magas is incorporated as Magas Urban Okrug.[3]

Demographics

Magas' population, a hundred of inhabitants at the beginning, increased in early 2010s.[10][13]

Population over time
2001 2002 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
100 275 300 337 338 354 415 2,502 2,581 3,367 4,106 4,756 5,841
View of Magas and Ekazhevo with the Caucasus Mountains in background 
The fountain of "Akhmad Kadyrov Alley" 
Magas town hall 
Magas Airport 

Transport

Magas Airport serves the town and the near city of Nazran. Nearest railway station is the one of Nazran.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, Article 108
  2. 1 2 3 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 26 401», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 26 401, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  3. 1 2 3 Law #5-RZ
  4. 1 2 Official website of Magas. Biography of Makhmud Khasultanovich Inarkiyev, Head of Magas (Russian)
  5. ↑ Town Council of Magas
  6. ↑ Official website of Magas. History (Russian)
  7. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  8. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  9. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  10. 1 2 3 (Russian) Magas on mojgorod.ru
  11. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  12. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  13. ↑ (Russian) Population statistics of Ingushetia 2006-2012

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