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Town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Asha Аша
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Coordinates: 55°00′N 57°16′E / 55.000°N 57.267°E / 55.000; 57.267
Country Russia
Federal subject Chelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Ashinsky District[1]
TownSelsoviet Asha[1]
Founded 1898
Town status since June 20, 1933
Elevation 140 m (460 ft)
Population (2010 Census)[2]
• Total 31,881
• Estimate (2023) 27,442 (−13.9%)
Administrative status
• Capital of Ashinsky District,[1] Town of Asha[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district Ashinsky Municipal District[1]
• Urban settlement Ashinskoye Urban Settlement[1]
• Capital of Ashinsky Municipal District,[1] Ashinskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone UTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal codes[5] 456010–456012, 456014, 456015, 456019
OKTMO ID 75609101001
Website www.asha-gp.ru

Asha (Russian: Аша́) is a town and the administrative center of Ashinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River (a tributary of the Belaya), 377 kilometers (234 mi) west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 31,881 (2010 census);[2] 33,926 (2002 census);[6] 38,646 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

It was founded in 1898 and was granted town status on June 20, 1933.[_citation needed_]

On June 4, 1989, the Ufa train disaster—a huge liquefied petroleum gas explosion that killed or injured 1,200 people—occurred near Asha.

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Asha serves as the administrative center of Ashinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ashinsky District as the Town of Asha.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Asha is incorporated within Ashinsky Municipal District as Ashinskoye Urban Settlement.[1]

Asha is known for Adzhigardak, its ski resort.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Resolution #161
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 75 609 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 75 609 101. ).
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.