Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Sverdlovsk Oblast Administrative center of Town of Kachkanar | Country Russia Administratively subordinated to Town of Kachkanar Local time Friday 6:14 PM | |
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Urban okrug Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug Weather 2°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 44% Humidity | ||
Kachkanar (Russian: Качкана́р) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located between the Isa and Vyya Rivers in the Tura River's basin, 205 kilometers (127 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 41,426 (2010 Census); 44,664 (2002 Census); 48,251 (1989 Census).
Contents
- Map of Kachkanar Sverdlovsk Oblast Russia
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy and transportation
- References
Map of Kachkanar, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded in 1957 as an ore mining settlement and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1959. Town status was granted to it in 1968.
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 connected with a 44-kilometer (27 mi) long branch line to the Perm–Nizhny Tagil–Yekaterinburg main railway line. There is an open-pit mine to the north.