Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk
Магнитогорск | |
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Location of Magnitogorsk | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′N 59°02′E / 53.383°N 59.033°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1743 |
| City status since | 1931 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sergey Berdnikov |
| Elevation | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 407,775 |
• Estimate (2015) | 417,039 |
| • Rank | 44th in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | City of Magnitogorsk |
| • Capital of | City of Magnitogorsk |
| • Urban okrug | Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 455000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3519 |
| OKTMO ID | 75738000001 |
| Website | www |
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Magnitogorsk (Russian: Магнитого́рск, IPA: [məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk], lit. '[city] of the magnetic mountain') is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population is currently 410,594 (2021 Census).
Magnitogorsk was named after Mount Magnitnaya, a geological anomaly that once consisted almost completely of iron ore, around 55% to 60% iron. It is the second-largest city in Russia that is not the administrative centre of any federal subject or district. Magnitogorsk contains the largest iron and steel works in the country: Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The official motto of the city is "the place where Europe and Asia meet", as the city occupies land in both Europe and Asia.
Magnitogorsk is one of only two planned socialist realist settlements ever built (the other being Nowa Huta in Poland).