Sharya
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Sharya (Template:Langx) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River, Template:Convert northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast.
Population: Template:Ru-census Template:Ru-census2002 Template:Su-census1989 26,000 (1974).
History
It was founded in 1906 and granted town status in 1938.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharya serves as the administrative center of Sharyinsky District,[1] despite not being part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Vetluzhsky and three rural localities,[3] incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Sharya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated as Sharya Urban Okrug.[4]
Twin towns and sister cities
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Sharya has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International (SCI):
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
- Official website of Sharya Template:In lang
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- ↑ a b Law #112-4-ZKO
- ↑ Resolution #133-a
- ↑ The village of Kostino under the administrative jurisdiction of Sharya was abolished by Resolution #586 of October 6, 2004. This Resolution was abrogated by Resolution #359 of August 17, 2007; however, the village had not been reinstated, nor is it included into the Registry of Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast.
- ↑ Law #237-ZKO