Asha () is a

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and the

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Ashinsky District Ashinsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is th ...

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, located on the

Sim River The Sim (, ''Eśem''; ) is a river in Chelyabinsk Oblast and the Bashkortostan, Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia. It is a tributary of the Belaya (Kama), Belaya, part of the Volga Drainage basin, watershed. Its length is , and its drainage basi ...

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of the Belaya), west of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1898 and was granted town status on June 20, 1933. On June 4, 1989, the Ufa train disaster—a huge

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explosion that killed or injured 1,200 people—occurred near Asha.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Asha serves as the

.Resolution #161 As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ashinsky District as the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Asha. As a municipal division, the Town of Asha is incorporated within Ashinsky Municipal District as Ashinskoye Urban Settlement.

Sports

Asha is known for Adzhigardak, its ski resort.

References

Notes

Sources

External links

Official website of Asha

Directory of organizations in Asha
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