Kachkanar (russian: Качкана́р) 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 ...

in Sverdlovsk Oblast,

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, located between the Isa and

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s in the

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's basin, north of

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, the

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of the

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. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated 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 KachkanarOrder #120-P—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the Town of Kachkanar is incorporated as Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

Economy and transportation

The town is served by

Kachkanar railway station Kachkanar railway station ( rus, станция Качканар) is a railway station located in Kachkanar, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is part of the Sverdlovsk Railway, on a branch line that joins the line from and at . History Work began ...

, connected with a long branch line to the

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Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population: History The prehistory of Nizhny Tagil dates back to the mid- ...

–

main railway line. There is an open-pit mine to the north.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kachkanar is a

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of: *

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, Italy * Maladzyechna, Belarus

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External links

Official website of Kachkanar

Kachkanar Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union