Volchansk (russian: Волча́нск) is a

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under the administrative jurisdiction of 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 ...

Karpinsk Karpinsk (russian: Карпи́нск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: The town is named for mineralogist and geolog ...

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

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, located on the

Volchanka River Volchansk (russian: Волча́нск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River (a right tributary of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), north of Yekate ...

(a right

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of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), north of

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, the

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of the

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. Population:

Geography

The town consists of two parts: Lesnaya Volchanka in the north (or Volchansk proper) and Volchanka in the south.

History

Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the

Order #120-P—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, Volchansk, together with two rural localities under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk, is incorporated as Volchansky Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.

Economy

*factory of consumer goods *dressing mill *brickyard *extraction of

brown coal Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

(terminated) *asphalt plant

Transportation

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about .

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