Bekovo, Penza Oblast

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Bekovo
Беково
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Bekovo. The Gothic lock. 2011.
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Bekovo
Bekovo (Penza Oblast)
Coordinates: 52°27′54″N43°42′36″E / 52.46500°N 43.71000°E / 52.46500; 43.71000
Country Russia
Federal subject Penza Oblast [1]
Administrative district Bekovsky District [1]
FoundedLate 17th century
Urban-type settlement status since1959
Elevation
155 m (509 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census) [2]
 • Total6,941
 • Estimate 
(2018) [3]
6,274 (−9.6%)
 •  Capital ofBekovsky District [1]
 •  Municipal district Bekovsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementBekovo Urban Settlement
 •  Capital ofBekovsky Municipal District,Bekovo Urban Settlement
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [4] )
Postal code(s) [5]
442940, 442941 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OKTMO ID56609151051

Bekovo (Russian : Бе́ково) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Bekovsky District of Penza Oblast, Russia, located to the extreme south of the oblast on the right bank of the Khopyor River, 154 kilometers (96 mi) from Penza. Population: 6,941 (2010 Census); [2] 6,891 (2002 Census); [6] 7,311 (1989 Census). [7]

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History

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Bekovo Administration building, 2011

It was founded in the late 17th century and renamed in the 18th century after Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky.[ citation needed ] The inhabitants built the church of St. Nicholas in 1771 and the Church of the Intercession in 1813. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Bekovo in 1959.[ citation needed ]

Transportation

It has a railway station on the Tambov-Saratov line, now belonging to the South-Eastern Railway, which opened on February 22, 1874.

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