Volchanka

Volchansk Волчанск (Russian)
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A view near Fontannaya Square in Volchansk
Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Volchansk Location of Volchansk in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 59°56′N 60°05′E / 59.933°N 60.083°E / 59.933; 60.083Coordinates: 59°56′N 60°05′E / 59.933°N 60.083°E / 59.933; 60.083
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	Town of Karpinsk
Municipal status (as of April 2014)
Urban okrug	Volchansky Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Volchansky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	10,010 inhabitants
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Town status since	1956
Postal code(s)	624940, 624941
Dialing code(s)	+7 34383
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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), 452 kilometers (281 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,010 (2010 Census);11,043 (2002 Census);14,814 (1989 Census).

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

Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Karpinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. 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. Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.

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