Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar
Сыктывкар | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Сыктывкар |
From up to the left: Syktyvkar station platform, Stefanovskaya square, Derbenev Trading House, Residential building in Zavodskaya street, Agrobiostation of the Komi State Pedagogical Institute, Library building, Botanical Garden of Syktyvkar State University, Fire station, Saint Stephen of Perm Orthodox cathedral, Monument to I.A. Kuratov, the founder of Komi literature: Theatre Square, Ust-Sysolsky Theological School | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Syktyvkar | |
Syktyvkar Location of Syktyvkar Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (European Russia) Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (Europe) Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (Russia) | |
| Coordinates: 61°40′N 50°49′E / 61.667°N 50.817°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic |
| Founded | 1586 |
| City status since | 1780 |
| Government | |
| • City district chairman | Vladimir Goldin |
| Area | |
• Total | 152 km2 (59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 235,006 |
• Estimate (1 January 2018) | 245,083 (+4.3%) |
| • Rank | 81st in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,550/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of republic significance of Syktyvkar |
| • Capital of | Komi Republic |
| • Capital of | city of republic significance of Syktyvkar |
| • Urban okrug | Syktyvkar Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Syktyvkar Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal codes | 167000, 167002, 167004, 167005, 167009, 167011, 167014, 167018, 167023, 167026, 167031 |
| Dialing code | +7 8212 |
| OKTMO ID | 87701000001 |
| Website | www |
Syktyvkar (/sɪktɪfˈkɑːr/, Russian: Сыктывка́р, IPA: [sɨktɨfˈkar]; Komi: Сыктывкар, IPA: [sɨktɨvˈkar]) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative center of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as Ust-Sysolsk named after the Sysola River.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 4,464 | — |
| 1926 | 5,068 | +13.5% |
| 1939 | 25,281 | +398.8% |
| 1959 | 64,461 | +155.0% |
| 1970 | 125,088 | +94.1% |
| 1979 | 170,980 | +36.7% |
| 1989 | 232,117 | +35.8% |
| 2002 | 230,011 | −0.9% |
| 2010 | 235,006 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 220,580 | −6.1% |
| Source: Census data | ||