Novy Oskol
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Belgorod Oblast
- Administrative district
- Novooskolsky District
- Elevation
- 110 m (360 ft)
- Total
- 19,530
- Estimate 2021
- 18,359 ( −6% )
- Capital of
- Novooskolsky District
- Municipal district
- Novooskolsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Novy Oskol Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Царёв-Алексеев
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 18359
- Area
- 16
- Elevation
- 110
- Image
- Успенский собор (Новый Оскол).jpg
- Dialing code
- 47233
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- Commons category
- Novy Oskol
- inception
- 1647-01-01
- postal code
- 309640
- time of earliest written record
- 1637-00-00
- native label
- Новый Оскол
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Encyclopedic overview
Novy Oskol (Russian: Но́вый Оско́л) is a town and the administrative center of Novooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, 90 kilometers (56 mi) northeast of Belgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 18,359 (2021 census); 19,530 (2010 census); 20,892 (2002 census); 20,072 (1989 Soviet census). It is called Novy Oskol (lit. 'New Oskol') to distinguish it from Stary Oskol (lit. 'Old Oskol') located 60 kilometres (37 mi) north. Both are on the south-flowing Oskol River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Novy Oskol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.