Nyzhnohirskyi

Nyschnjohirskyj (Ukrainian Нижньогірський; Russian Нижнегорский / Nizhnegorsky, Crimean Tatar Seyitler ) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons in the east of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine with a population of 10,000 ( 2013). The place is a hub of rail and road transport.

Geography

Nyschnjohirskyj is located on the highway and on the railway line from Dschankoj to Kerch. The distance to the south-west to the capital of Crimea, Simferopol is 91 km away and to the north-west Armjansk is 128 km. The settlement council community include, in addition to Nyschnjohirskyj, nor the villages Selene ( Зелене ) with about 1100 inhabitants and Linijne ( Лінійне ) with about 500 inhabitants.

History

The exact date of the founding of Sejitler (Ukrainian Сеїтлер ), the original name of the village is not known. He is probably in the 17th century. Since 1938 the town has the status of an urban-type settlement. On October 30, 1941, the village by troops of the Wehrmacht was occupied. Liberate the settlement of the Red Army on 12 April 1944, and in the same year, the village was renamed in connection with the deportation of the Crimean Tatar population in Nyschnjohirskyj.

Demographics

Source: 1805-1926; 1959-1989; 2001-2013

Rajon

Nyschnjohirskyj is the administrative seat of the homonymous Rajons. The Rajon Nyschnjohirskyj located to the east of the Crimean peninsula. It is bordered on the north by the coast of the Sywasch, a sea of ​​Azov upstream bay system, and on the south by the foothills of the Crimean mountains. It has 50,600 inhabitants and an area of 1212 km ². The population density is 42 inhabitants per km ².