Asbest

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Asbest is a Russian industrial town in Sverdlovsk Oblast known for its large asbestos mining operations and one of the world’s biggest open-pit asbestos mines.

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Asbest canonical 1
Асбест 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single-industry town
town
urban locality
country Russia
currencyUsed Russian ruble
economyDependentOn Uralasbest company
governedAs urban okrug
hasAreaCodeSystem Russian telephone numbering plan
hasClimate continental climate
hasEconomicCharacteristic monotown
hasEnvironmentalIssue asbestos-related pollution
hasGeologicalFeature large open-pit quarry
hasHealthConcern asbestos-related diseases
hasIndustry asbestos industry
manufacturing of asbestos products
mining industry
hasMajorEmployer Uralasbest
hasOpenPitMine Uralasbest open-pit asbestos mine
hasPopulationCharacteristic medium-sized town
hasPostalCodeSystem Russian postal code system
hasPrimaryResource chrysotile asbestos
hasRussianName Асбест
linked to: Asbest
hasSettlementType town of oblast significance
hasTransportConnection road links to Yekaterinburg
knownFor asbestos mining
large open-pit asbestos mine
languageUsed Russian
locatedEastOf Yekaterinburg
locatedIn Sverdlovsk Oblast
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Asbestovsky Urban Okrug
locatedInCountrySubdivision Middle Urals
linked to: Ural region
locatedInRegion Ural region
locatedNear eastern slope of the Ural Mountains
locatedOnContinent Asia
Europe
namedAfter asbestos
partOf Ural Federal District
timeZone Yekaterinburg Time
utcOffset +05:00

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Sverdlovsk Oblast hasCity Asbest
Asbest hasRussianName Асбест
linked to: Asbest