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Katav-Ivanovsk (Russian: Катав-Ивановск) is a town and the administrative center of Katav-Ivanovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Katav River (left tributary of the Yuryuzan), 321 kilometers (199 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,630 (2010 Census); 20,162 (2002 Census); 24,972 (1989 Census).
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Map of Katav-Ivanovsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded in 1757 as a settlement around an iron-smelting plant. Town status was granted to it on August 27, 1939.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Katav-Ivanovsk serves as the administrative center of Katav-Ivanovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Katav-Ivanovsky District as the Town of Katav-Ivanovsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Katav-Ivanovsk is incorporated within Katav-Ivanovsky Municipal District as Katav-Ivanovskoye Urban Settlement.