Paranga

Urban-type settlement Paranga Параньга ( Russian ) Поранча ( Mari ) Federal district Volga republic Mari El Rajon Paranginski Founded 1550 Urban-type settlement since 1974 population 5985 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83639 Post Code 425570 License Plate 12 OKATO 88 244 551 Website [http: //] Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 42 '  N , 49 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 42 '15 "  N , 49 ° 24' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Mari El

Paranga ( Russian Параньга́ ; Mari Поранча ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Mari El in Russia with 5985 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 100 km as the crow flies east of the republic capital Yoshkar-Ola near the source of the Paranginka, a right tributary of the left Volga tributary Ilet .

Paranga is the administrative center of the Rajons Paranginski and seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Paranga, also includes the village just south subsequent Ljaschberdino to.

history

The place was founded in 1550. At the turn of the 18th century it was the first temporary administrative seat of a Wolost des Ujesds Urschum of the Vjatka governorate .

On April 30, 1931, Paranga became the administrative seat of the newly created Tatarski rajon (based on the large proportion of Tatars in the population, even today almost 50%), which was renamed Paraginski rajon on July 8, 1932 . In 1974 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3362
1959	3881
1970	4810
1979	5532
1989	6863
2002	6716
2010	5985

Note: census data

traffic

Paranga is connected via the regional road 88K-016 with the north-west neighboring Rajonzentrum Kuschener (further connection to 88K-001 in the direction of Joschkar-Ola), and via the 88K-017 with the south-west neighboring Morki . To the north, the 88K-018 also leads to 88K-001 (formerly R172) Joschkar-Ola - Urschum, 17 km away.

The nearest train stations are in the republic's capital, Yoshkar-Ola, and 75 km south in Arsk in Tatarstan on the Moscow  - Kazan  - Yekaterinburg railway line .

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)