Nizhnekamsk
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Nizhnekamsk (Russian: ; Tatar: Tübän Kama) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at . Founded in 1961 as Nizhnekamsky work settlement, in connection with the building of a petrochemical industrial complex, Nizhnekamsk was granted city status in 1966. It remains an important center of the petrochemical industry.
The population according to the 2002 Census was 225,399. Nationalities ([[1989]): Tatars 46.5%, Russians 46.1%, Chuvash 3.0%, Ukrainian 1.0%, Bashkir 1.0%.
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk is an ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, playing in the Russian Hockey Super League.
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