Kazan
Казань | |
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City of republic significance | |
Coordinates: 55°47′47″N 49°06′32″E / 55.79639°N 49.10889°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Tatarstan |
Founded | 1005(see text) |
Government | |
• Body | City Duma[1] |
• Mayor[2] | Ilsur Metshin[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 425.3 km2 (164.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,143,535 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 1,243,500 (+8.7%) |
• Rank | 8th in 2010 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
• Subordinated to | city of republic significance of Kazan |
• Capital of | Republic of Tatarstan[6] |
• Capital of | city of republic significance of Kazan |
• Urban okrug | Kazan Urban Okrug |
• Capital of | Kazan Urban Okrug |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
Postal code(s)[8] | 420xxx |
Dialing code(s) | +7 843[9] |
OKTMO ID | 92701000001 |
City Day | 30 August[10] |
Twin towns | Jūrmala, Antalya, Jeddah, Istanbul, Brunswick, Bryan, College Station, Hyderabad, Urbino, Astana, Astrakhan, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Verona |
Website | www |
Kazan (Russian: Каза́нь, IPA: [kɐˈzanʲ]; Tatar: Казан) is the capital city of Tatarstan and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture. Kazan lies at the meeting of the Volga (İdel) and Kazanka (Qazansu) rivers in central European Russia.
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