Murashi (russian: Мураши́) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Murashinsky District
Murashinsky District (russian: Мурашинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Kirov Oblast, thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located ...
in
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census).
Geography
Na ...
,
Russia
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, located northwest of
Kirov, the administrative center of the
oblast
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, on the Kirov–
Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar (, rus, Сыктывка́р, p=sɨktɨfˈkar; kv, Сыктывкар) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the capital of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as U ...
highway. Population:
History
It was founded in 1895 as a settlement due to the construction of the railway station on the
Vyatka–
Kotlas
Kotlas (russian: Ко́тлас) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population:
Kotlas is the third largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of population (after Ar ...
railway. It was granted town status in 1944.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Murashi serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Murashinsky District
Murashinsky District (russian: Мурашинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Kirov Oblast, thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located ...
.
[Law #203-ZO] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten
rural localities, incorporated within Murashinsky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Murashi.
As a
municipal division, the Town of Murashi is incorporated within Murashinsky Municipal District as Murashinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #284-ZO]
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Cities and towns in Kirov Oblast