Osa (russian: Оса́) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
and 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Osinsky District in
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 re ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
near its
confluence
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with the
Tulva, southwest of
Perm, the administrative center of the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relat ...
. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 21,188.
History
It was founded in 1591 (according to other sources—in 1596) as the ''
sloboda
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for " freedom" and may be loose ...
'' of Novonikolskaya () and later became a
fortress
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. In a 1623 document, the settlement is referred to as the ''sloboda'' of Osinskaya Nikolskaya (), in 1678—as the ''sloboda'' of Osinskaya (), in 1732—as the village (''
selo'') of Osa. It was granted town status in 1739. In 1960, oil fields were discovered near Osa. Oil extraction started in 1963.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Osa 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Osinsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.
[Law #416-67] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of Osa, together with five rural localities, is incorporated within Osinsky Municipal District as Osinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #1717-348]
Demographics
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Cities and towns in Perm Krai
Osinsky Uyezd
Populated places established in the 1590s
Populated places on the Kama River