Chelyabinsk is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, the seventh-largest city in the country with a population of over 1.1 million, and the second-largest in the Ural Federal District after Yekaterinburg. Founded as a Russian fortress in the eighteenth century, Chelyabinsk became a major center of heavy industry and metallurgy through the Soviet era and drew brief worldwide attention in 2013 when a large meteor exploded in the sky above the city.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude55.154722 degrees north 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Chelyabinsk
Source Wikipedia: Chelyabinsk
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Chelyabinsk
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox pop_latest field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk
pop_latest = 1,156,201
Infobox pop_latest_date field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk
pop_latest_date = 2013
Infobox: area_km2
530
Lead section
In 1736, a fortress by the name of Chelyaba was founded on the site of a Bashkir village.
Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk
55°09′17″N 61°22′33″E
Associated With: Russia, Opening sentence, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
Associated With: Chelyabinsk Oblast, Infobox federal_subject field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk
federal_subject = Chelyabinsk Oblast
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Asia
Chelyabinsk is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
View the Source 2. Chelyabinsk (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 220 m
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