Yaransk
Яранск
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Location of Yaransk Show map of RussiaYaransk (Kirov Oblast) Show map of Kirov Oblast | |
Coordinates: 57°19′N 47°54′E / 57.317°N 47.900°E / 57.317; 47.900 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Administrative district | Yaransky District[1] |
Town | Yaransk[1] |
Founded | 1584 |
Town status since | 1780 |
Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
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• Total | 17,253 |
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• Capitalof | Yaransky District,[1] Town of Yaransk[1] |
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• Municipal district | Yaransky Municipal District[3] |
• Urban settlement | Yaranskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
• Capitalof | Yaransky Municipal District,[3] Yaranskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
Postal code(s)[5] |
612260–612263, 612269
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OKTMOID | 33650101001 |
Yaransk (Russian: Яра́нск; Mari: Яраҥ, Yaraň) is a town and the administrative centerofYaransky DistrictinKirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Yaran River (Vyatka's basin), 257 kilometers (160 mi) southwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,253 (2010 Russian census);[2] 19,723 (2002 Census);[6] 20,466 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
In the Middle Ages, it had a central position in the land of Mari and served as the capital of the Mari people. In 1584, Yaransk was founded as a Russian fortress on the Yaran River where the old Mari fortress once stood to defend against the Mari.[citation needed]Aposad later grew around the fortress. Town status was granted to Yaransk in 1780.[citation needed]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yaransk serves as the administrative centerofYaransky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with eighteen rural localities, incorporated within Yaransky District as the Town of Yaransk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yaransk is incorporated within Yaransky Municipal District as Yaranskoye Urban Settlement.[3]
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