Gay (Russian: Гай, IPA: [ɡaj]) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located 230 kilometers (140 mi) east of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,301.[14]
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Coordinates: 51°28′04″N 58°26′35″E / 51.46778°N 58.44306°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
Founded | 1958[2] |
Town status since | 1979 |
Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 38,301 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 34,752 (−9.3%) |
• Subordinated to | Town of Gay[1] |
• Capital of | Gaysky District,[5] Town of Gai[6] |
• Urban okrug | Gaysky Urban Okrug[7] |
• Capital of | Gaysky Urban Okrug[8] |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [9]) |
Postal code(s)[10] | 462631, 462633–462635 |
OKTMO ID | 53713000001 |
Website | www |
2010 Census | 38,301[3] |
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2002 Census | 41,621[11] |
1989 Census | 41,668[12] |
1979 Census | 35,700[13] |
Gay was founded in 1958 as an industrial settlement.[2] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965, and town status in 1979.[citation needed]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gay serves as the administrative center of Gaysky District,[5] even though it is not a part of it.[6] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Kalinovka), incorporated separately as the Town of Gay[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Gay and of Gaysky District are incorporated as Gaysky Urban Okrug.[15][8] Prior to June 1, 2015, the Town of Gay was incorporated as Gay Urban Okrug, separately from Gaysky Municipal District.[8]
The coat of arms of Gay states: "Remember the Past. Believe in the Future."