En Name: | Yuzhnouralsk |
Ru Name: | Южноуральск |
Coordinates: | 54.45°N 76°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Yuzhnouralsk (Chelyabinsk oblast).svg |
Federal Subject: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Yuzhnouralsk |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Yuzhnouralsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Yuzhnouralsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Yuzhnouralsky Urban Okrug |
Area Km2: | 110.57 |
Pop 2010Census: | 37877 |
Established Date: | 1948 |
Current Cat Date: | February 1, 1963 |
Postal Codes: | 457040 — 457044, 457059 |
Dialing Codes: | 35134 |
Website: | http://u-uralsk.ru/ |
Yuzhnouralsk (Russian: Южноура́льск) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Uvelka River 88km (55miles) south of Chelyabinsk. Population:
It was founded in 1948. Town status was granted to it on February 1, 1963.. It was one of the towns closest to the hypocenter of the blast from the 2013 Russian meteor event.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated as the Town of Yuzhnouralsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yuzhnouralsk is incorporated as Yuzhnouralsky Urban Okrug.