Kizel

Kizel (; Komi-Permyak: Кыдзӧл, Kydźöl) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Kizel River (Kama's basin), northeast of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 60,700 (1959).

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kizel
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Кизел
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Kizel Makarenko.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: In Kizel
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Kizel (Perm krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Kizel (Perm krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Perm Krai
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: town of krai significance of Kizel
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: town of krai significance of Kizel
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Kizelovsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Kizelovskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Kizelovsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Kizelovskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 19587
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1926
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 618350–618353, 618355, 618362

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Wikidata facts

Population: 14748
Area: 75.81
Elevation: 330
Image: The thrown collieries in Kizel.JPG
Dialing code: 34255

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Commons category: Kizel
inception: 1750-01-01
postal code: 618350

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==History== The emergence of the city is connected with the discovery of iron ore deposits along Kizel and Maly Kizel rivers in 1750. In 1762 first mine was started. In 1786 coal deposit was found.