En Name: | Buinsk |
Ru Name: | Буинск |
Loc Name1: | Буа |
Loc Lang1: | Tatar |
Other Name: | Пӑва |
Other Lang: | Chuvash |
Coordinates: | 54.9667°N 65°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Buinsk COA (Simbirsk Governorate) (1778).png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Tatarstan |
Adm Data As Of: | February 2014 |
Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Buinsk |
Adm Ctr Of1: | town of republic significance of Buinsk |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Buinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2010 |
Mun District Jur: | Buinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Buinsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Buinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Buinsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 20352 |
Established Date: | 1691 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Current Cat Date: | 1780 |
Date: | February 2012 |
Buinsk (Russian: Буи́нск; Tatar: Буа; Chuvash: Пӑва, Păva) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Karla River (left tributary of the Sviyaga), 137km (85miles) southwest of Kazan. Population:
It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1691. Town status was granted to it in 1780.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buinsk serves as the administrative center of Buinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Buinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Buinsk is incorporated within Buinsky Municipal District as Buinsk Urban Settlement.[3]