Belaya Kholunitsa
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Belaya Kholunitsa is a town in and the administrative center of Belokholunitsky District
of Kirov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Belaya Kholunitsa River
(Vyatka
's tributary
), 82 kilometres (51 mi) northeast of Kirov
. Population:
It was founded in 1764 due to the construction of an ironworks
as the settlement of Kholunitsky . It was later renamed Belokholunitsky when the river it stood on was renamed. It was granted town status in 1965.
Belaya Kholunitsa's industrial companies include a load-and-carry equipment plant, two logging
and two forestry
companies, a wood-processing and furniture-making plant, a bread
-making plant, among others.
There are deposits of iron ore, clay
, gravel
, lime
, rubble
, and peat
in the town.
Belokholunitsky District
Belokholunitsky District is an administrative district , one of the 39 in Kirov Oblast, Russia....
of Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Belaya Kholunitsa River
Belaya Kholunitsa River
Belaya Kholunitsa is a river in Kirov Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Vyatka River. It is 160 km in length. The area of its basin is 2,800 km²....
(Vyatka
Vyatka River
The Vyatka River is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, right tributary of the Kama River. It is 1,314 km in length. The area of its basin is 129,000 km²....
's tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
), 82 kilometres (51 mi) northeast of Kirov
Kirov, Kirov Oblast
Kirov , formerly known as Vyatka and Khlynov, is a city in northeastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast. Population: -History:...
. Population:
It was founded in 1764 due to the construction of an ironworks
Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...
as the settlement of Kholunitsky . It was later renamed Belokholunitsky when the river it stood on was renamed. It was granted town status in 1965.
Belaya Kholunitsa's industrial companies include a load-and-carry equipment plant, two logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
and two forestry
Forestry
Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...
companies, a wood-processing and furniture-making plant, a bread
Bread
Bread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and often additional ingredients. Doughs are usually baked, but in some cuisines breads are steamed , fried , or baked on an unoiled frying pan . It may be leavened or unleavened...
-making plant, among others.
There are deposits of iron ore, clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
, gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
, lime
Lime (mineral)
Lime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely...
, rubble
Rubble
Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture. This word is closely connected in derivation with "rubbish", which was formerly also applied to what we now call "rubble". Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as brash...
, and peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
in the town.