En Name: | Yemanzhelinsk |
Ru Name: | Еманжелинск |
Coordinates: | 54.7667°N 81°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Emanzhelinsk (Chelyabinsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Yemanzhelinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Yemanzhelinsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Yemanzhelinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Yemanzhelinsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Yemanzhelinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Yemanzhelinskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Yemanzhelinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Yemanzhelinskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 30216 |
Established Date: | 1770 |
Current Cat Date: | September 25, 1951 |
Prev Name1: | Yemanzhelinskaya |
Postal Codes: | 456580–456582, 456584 |
Dialing Codes: | 35138 |
Website: | http://emanjelinsk.ru/ |
Yemanzhelinsk (Russian: Еманжели́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Yemanzhelinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located near the border with Kazakhstan on the eastern slopes of the Southern Ural Mountains, 50km (30miles) south of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Founded in 1770 as a Cossack village, it has been known as the stanitsa of Yemanzhelinskaya (Russian: Еманжелинская) since 1866. It became a coal mining settlement in 1930–1931, which was granted town status on September 25, 1951. It was one of the places closest to the hypocenter of the blast from the 2013 Russian meteor event.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yemanzhelinsk serves as the administrative center of Yemanzhelinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Yemanzhelinsky District as the Town of Yemanzhelinsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Yemanzhelinsk is incorporated within Yemanzhelinsky Municipal District as Yemanzhelinskoye Urban Settlement.