Nura District

Nura District (Kazakh: Нұра ауданы, Nura aýdany) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Kievka.[2] The district has a population of 22,569 as of 2019.[1]

Nura
District
Нұра ауданы
Coat of arms
CountryKazakhstan
RegionKaraganda Region
Administrative centerKiyevka
Founded1928
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total22,569
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

History

During the 1890s, a number of Ukrainians, Russians, and Germans began constructing settlements in the area, which was already home to approximately 330 villages of the native Kazakh people.[3] On April 19, 1923, by order of the Kirghiz SSR, the Nurinsk Volost was created as part of the Akmola Uyezd.[3] On March 10, 1932, the Nurinsk Volost joined the newly created Karagandy Oblast.[3] Kievka became the district's administrative center in 1934.[3]

The 1930s saw a number of modernization programs implemented in the district, with electricity, telephones, and postal services being introduced.[3] 16 schools were erected as part of a wider Soviet program to combat illiteracy known as likbez.[3]

During World War II, over 3,000 people from the district fought in the war, and 1,083 died in battle.[3] Two residents of the district were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal.[3]

From 1954 to 1957, 7 state farms were created in the district as part of the Virgin Lands Program.[3]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
199938,649—    
200926,150−32.3%
201922,569−13.7%

Nura has suffered considerable population decline in post-Soviet times, with population falling from 38,649 (1999 Census results)[4], down to 26,150 (2009 Census results)[4], to 22,569 as of 2019.[1]

Ethnic Composition
Ethnic Groups of Nura District[1]
Ethnic Group Population (2019) Percent of Total
Kazakhs 15,250 67.57%
Russians 3,901 17.28%
Ukrainians 1,286 5.70%
Germans 927 4.11%
Belarusians 377 1.67%
Tatars 305 1.35%
Chechens 55 0.24%
Mordvins 50 0.22%
Azeris 49 0.22%
Moldovans 45 0.20%
Chuvash 44 0.19%
Bashkirs 42 0.19%
Lithuanians 42 0.19%
Poles 41 0.18%
Koreans 32 0.14%
Uzbeks 11 0.05%
Greeks 5 0.02%
Others 107 0.47%
Total 22,569 100.00%

Notable people

References
  1. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по отдельным этносам на начало 2019 года. Комитет по статистике Министерства национальной экономики Республики Казахстан (in Kazakh). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. "www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. Очерки по истории. nurinsk.gov.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  4. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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