Nizhnyaya Tura
# Nizhnyaya Tura

Nizhnyaya Tura (Russian: Ни́жняя Тура) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River (Ob's basin), 254 kilometers (158 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 22,006 (2010 Census); 24,247 (2002 Census); 26,268 (1989 Census).

## History

It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949. Nizhnyaya Tura railway station was opened in 1906.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-one rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura is incorporated as Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug.

