Shakhunya
Шахунья
Town
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Post office in Shakhunya
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Shakhunya is located in Russia
Shakhunya
Shakhunya
Location of Shakhunya
Shakhunya is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Shakhunya
Shakhunya
Shakhunya (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 57°40′N 46°37′E / 57.667°N 46.617°E / 57.667; 46.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Founded1927
Town status since1943
Elevation
152.2 m (499.3 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total20,921
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
20,049 (−4.2%)
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Shakhunya[1]
 • Capital oftown of oblast significance of Shakhunya[1]
 • Urban okrugShakhunya Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofShakhunya Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
606910Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID22758000001

Shakhunya (Russian: Шаху́нья) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Nizhny Novgorod–Kirov railway, 240 kilometers (150 mi) northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 20,921 (2010 Census);[2] 21,724 (2002 Census);[7] 22,337 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded as a settlement around the Shakhunya railway station, which was opened in 1927.[citation needed] It was granted work settlement status in 1938 and town status in 1943.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 2 work settlements and 136 rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya is incorporated as Shakhunya Urban Okrug.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #184-Z
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Law #153-Z
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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