{{Short description|Town in Rostov Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Belaya Kalitva |ru_name=Белая Калитва |image_skyline=Белая Калитва Свято-Введенский храм 12 октября 2017 01.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|48|11|N|40|46|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_flag=Flag of Belaya Kalitva (Rostov oblast).png |flag_caption= |image_coa=Coat of аrms of Belaya Kalitva (2019).gif |coa_caption= |pushpin_map=Russia#European Russia#Russia Rostov Oblast |federal_subject=[[Rostov Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Belokalitvinsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Belokalitvinskoye |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Urban settlement]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Belokalitvinsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Belokalitvinskoye Urban Settlement |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Belokalitvinsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref1136" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Belokalitvinskoye Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref1136" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Belokalitvinsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref1136" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Belokalitvinskoye Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref1136" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= <!----STATISTICS----> |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=43651 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= <!----HISTORY----> |established_date=1703 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=1958 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= <!----MISCELLANEA----> |postal_codes=347040–347042, 347044, 347045, 347049 |dialing_codes=86383 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }}
'''Belaya Kalitva''' ({{langx|ru|Бе́лая Калитва́}}, {{langx|uk|Біла Калитва|Bila Kalytva}})<ref name=map22/> is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Belokalitvinsky District]] in [[Rostov Oblast]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=43,651|p2002=47,347|p1989=47,803}}
==History== [[File:Церковь Введения во храм Пресвятой Богородицы Белая Калитва.jpg|thumb|left|Photo from {{circa|1942}}]] It was founded in 1703.<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=39}}</ref> Bila Kalytva, as it was known in Ukrainian at the time, was administratively part of the [[Donets Governorate]] of Ukraine<ref name=map22>{{cite map|author=С. Хургін|title=Адміністраційна Мапа Української Соц. Рад. Республіки|year=1922|scale=1:1,680,000|publisher=Народний комісаріат внутрішніх справ|location=Kharkiv|language=uk}}</ref> from 1920 to 1924. Afterwards it passed to Russia within the [[Soviet Union]]. During [[World War II]], it was occupied by Germany from July 1942 to January 1943. {{clear|left}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Belaya Kalitva serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Belokalitvinsky District]].<ref name="RostovO_adm">Law #340-ZS</ref> As an administrative division, it is, together with three [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated within Belokalitvinsky District as '''Belokalitvinskoye [[Town of district significance|Urban Settlement]]'''.<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Belokalitvinsky Municipal District.<ref name="Ref1136">Law #218-ZS</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ros|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ros|mun|list|belokalitvinsky}}
==External links== *[https://kalitva-land.ru/ Official website of Belaya Kalitva] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://belaya-kalitva.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Belaya Kalitva] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Rostov Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1703]] [[Category:1703 establishments in Russia]] [[Category:Don Host Oblast]]