Yemanzhelinsk Explained

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:

History

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.

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Resolution #161