Nizhnyaya Tura (Russian: Ни́жняя Тура) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River (Ob's basin), 254 kilometers (158 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 22,006 (2010 Russian census); 24,247 (2002 Census); 26,268 (1989 Soviet census).

History

It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949. Nizhnyaya Tura railway station was opened in 1906.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-one rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura is incorporated as Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug.