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Country
  
Administrative district
  
Founded
  
1885

Federal subject
  
Tuva Republic

Town under district jurisdiction
  
Turan

Local time
  
Sunday 10:23 PM

Turan, Tuva Republic

Administrative center of
  
Municipal district
  
Piy-Khemsky Municipal District

Weather
  
-3°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 80% Humidity

Turan (Russian: Тура́н; Tuvan: Туран) is a town and the administrative center of Piy-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located 70 kilometers (43 mi) northwest of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,981.

Contents

Map of Turan, Tuva, Russia, 668510

Etymology

The name of the town comes from the Turkic word for "saline land."

History

It was founded in 1885 by Russian settlers from Siberia; town status was granted to it in 1945.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Turan serves as the administrative center of Piy-Khemsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Piy-Khemsky District as Turan Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Turan Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Piy-Khemsky Municipal District as Turan Urban Settlement.

Transportation

There is an airport in the town.

References

Turan, Tuva Republic Wikipedia


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