Kambarka is a town and the administrative center of Kambarsky District

Kambarsky District

Kambarsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Kambarka. District's population: 21,243 ; Population of Kambarka accounts for 60.9% of the district's population....

 of the Udmurt Republic, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Kambarka River (Kama

Kama River

Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....

's basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

), 116 kilometres (72.1 mi) southeast of Izhevsk

Izhevsk

Izhevsk is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population: From 1984 to 1987 Izhevsk carried the name Ustinov |Minister of Defense of the USSR]], Marshal of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The city is an important industrial center,...

. Population:

It was founded as a settlement around a Demidov

Demidov

The Demidov family, also Demidoff, were an influential Russian merchant, industrialist and later chivalry family, possibly second only to the Tsar himself in wealth during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.-History:...

 ironworks

Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...

, which was constructed in 1761–1767. It was granted town status in 1945.

Chemical weapons destruction plant

A chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times. This was in accordance to the obligations under the CWC

Chemical Weapons Convention

The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. Its full name is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction...

 to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.

Twin towns/sister cities

On May 17, 2002, Mayor Georgy Kislov signed a Sister Cities International agreement with Tooele, Utah

Tooele, Utah

Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...

Mayor Charlie Roberts.