En Name: | Kurganinsk |
Ru Name: | Курганинск |
Coordinates: | 44.8667°N 77°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kurganinsk (Krasnodar krai).png |
Federal Subject: | Krasnodar Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Kurganinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kurganinsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Kurganinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Kurganinsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Kurganinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Kurganinskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Kurganinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kurganinskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 47970 |
Established Date: | 1855 |
Current Cat Date: | 1961 |
Prev Name1: | Kurgannaya |
Website: | http://www.admkurganinsk.ru/ |
Kurganinsk (ru|Курга́нинск) is a town and the administrative center of Kurganinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Bolshaya Laba River 248km (154miles) east of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 48,194 people (2020),
It was founded in 1855 as the stanitsa of Kurgannaya (Russian: Курга́нная) by the Cossacks. It was renamed and granted town status in 1961.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurganinsk serves as the administrative center of Kurganinsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Kurganinsky District as the Town of Kurganinsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Kurganinsk is incorporated within Kurganinsky Municipal District as Kurganinskoye Urban Settlement.[3]