Kachkanar
Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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::summary Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Kachkanar |
| ru_name | Качканар |
| image_skyline | Aerial photographs of Kachkanar-19.jpg |
| image_caption | Aerial view |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
| image_flag | Flag of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
| federal_subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_city_jur | Town of Kachkanar |
| adm_city_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Town of Kachkanar |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| urban_okrug_jur | Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |
| urban_okrug_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 41426 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| postal_codes | 624350, 624351, 624354, 624356, 624357 |
| website | https://www.admkgo.ru |
| :: |
|en_name=Kachkanar |ru_name=Качканар |image_skyline= Aerial photographs of Kachkanar-19.jpg |image_caption= Aerial view |coordinates = |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sverdlovsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref= |adm_city_jur=Town of Kachkanar |adm_city_jur_ref= |adm_ctr_of=Town of Kachkanar |adm_ctr_of_ref= |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref= |urban_okrug_jur=Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref= |mun_admctr_of=Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref= |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=41426 |pop_2010census_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=624350, 624351, 624354, 624356, 624357 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website=https://www.admkgo.ru Kachkanar () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located between the Isa and Vyya Rivers in the Tura River's basin, 205 km north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: The town of Kachkanar is located at the foot of mountain Kachkanar.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kachkanar—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Kachkanar is incorporated as Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug.
Economy and transportation
The town is served by Kachkanar railway station, connected with a 44 km long branch line to the Perm–Nizhny Tagil–Yekaterinburg main railway line. There is an open-pit mine to the north.
Twin towns and sister cities
Kachkanar is a sister city of:
- ITA Sëlva, Italy
- BLR Maladzyechna, Belarus
References
Notes
Sources
References
- {{OKATO reference. 65 448
- {{OKTMO reference. 65 743
- Order #120-P
- Law #30-OZ
- Law #85-OZ
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