En Name: | Sovetsky |
Ru Name: | Советский |
Loc Name1: | У Роҥго |
Loc Lang1: | Meadow Mari |
Loc Lang2: | Hill Mari |
Coordinates: | 56.7667°N 77°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Mari El Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | October 2014 |
Adm District Jur: | Sovetsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Sovetsky Urban-Type Settlement |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Sovetsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Sovetsky Urban-Type Settlement |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun District Jur: | Sovetsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Sovetsky Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Sovetsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Sovetsky Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 10664 |
Postal Codes: | 425400 |
Date: | August 2015 |
Sovetsky population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 10,464 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 10,806 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 11,380 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 7,750 |
Sovetsky (Russian: Сове́тский; У Роҥго, U Roŋgo) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Sovetsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,664.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsky serves as the administrative center of Sovetsky District.[1] As an administrative division, the urban-type settlement of Sovetsky, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Sovetsky District as Sovetsky Urban-Type Settlement (an administrative division of the district).[2] As a municipal division, Sovetsky Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Sovetsky Municipal District as Sovetsky Urban Settlement.[3]
The largest orphanage in the Mari El Republic is located here,[4] as well as a large TV broadcasting facility with a 350m (1,150feet) guyed mast.[5]