En Name: | Chupa |
Ru Name: | Чупа |
Other Name: | Čuuppu |
Other Lang: | Karelian |
Coordinates: | 66.2833°N 37°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
Adm Data As Of: | 2014 |
Adm District Jur: | Loukhsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun Data As Of: | April 2013 |
Mun District Jur: | Loukhsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Chupinskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Chupinskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 2924 |
Established Date: | 1574 |
Established Title: | Known since |
Current Cat Date: | 1943 |
Postal Codes: | 186670 |
Date: | July 2011 |
Chupa population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 2,924 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 4,061 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 5,214 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 4,904 |
Chupa (Russian: Чу́па; Karelian: Čuuppu) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the coast of the White Sea, 629km (391miles) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,924.
It has been known since 1574. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1943.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chupa is subordinated to Loukhsky District. As a municipal division, Chupa, together with one rural locality (the station of Chupa), is incorporated within Loukhsky Municipal District as Chupinskoye Urban Settlement.[1]