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Kazan

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Kazan is the capital and largest city of Tatarstan, Russia, lying at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers with a population of over 1.3 million. One of Russia's oldest cities, it is known for the Kazan Kremlin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that combines an Orthodox cathedral and a major mosque within the same fortress walls, reflecting the city's long history as a meeting point of Russian and Tatar, Christian and Muslim culture.

Facts
Population
1,143,535 1
Area (sq km)
425.3 1
Founding Year
1005 1
Estimated founding date under the officially adopted reckoning; archaeological excavations date the earliest urban settlement on the site to about 1004 to 1005 AD.
Population Estimate Year
2010 1
Latitude
55.7964 degrees north 1
Longitude
49.1089 degrees east 1
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1. Kazan (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, area_km2 field
    425.3
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, pop_2010census field
    1,143,535
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, pop_2010census field name
    2010
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, coordinates field ({{Coord}} template 55|47|47|N, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, coordinates field ({{Coord}} template 49|06|32|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox Russian inhabited locality, established_date field (Start date and age template)
    1005
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