Yessentuki
Yessentuki
Ессентуки | |
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Yessentuki mud baths building | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Yessentuki | |
Yessentuki Location of Yessentuki Yessentuki Yessentuki (Stavropol Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 44°02′N 42°51′E / 44.033°N 42.850°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Stavropol Krai |
| Founded | 1825 |
| City status since | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Head | Vladimir Krutnikov |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 108,000 |
• Estimate (2024) | 123,138 (+14%) |
| • Rank | 162nd in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | city of krai significance of Yessentuki |
| • Capital of | city of krai significance of Yessentuki |
| • Urban okrug | Yessentuki Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Yessentuki Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 357600 |
| Dialing code | +7 87934 |
| OKTMO ID | 07710000001 |
| City Day | Last Saturday of August |
| Website | adm-essentuki |
Yessentuki (Russian: Ессентуки́, IPA: [jɪsɪntʊˈkʲiˑ]) is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the shadow of Mount Elbrus at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The city serves as a railway station in the Mineralnye Vody—Kislovodsk branch, and is located 43 kilometers (27 mi) southwest of Mineralnye Vody and 17 kilometers (11 mi) west of Pyatigorsk. The city is renowned for its mineral springs and therapeutic spas, and is part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region.
It is considered the cultural capital of Russia's Greek population and close to ten percent of its population is of Greek descent. Population: 119,658 (2021 census); 100,996 (2010 census); 81,758 (2002 census); 85,082 (1989 Soviet census).