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Kazan

Eastern Europe

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
Elevation (m)
60 2
Latitude
55.7964 degrees north 1
Longitude
49.1089 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
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Eastern Europe, Regions
Russia, Countries
Volga River, Bodies of Water
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Our Lady of Kazan

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when it was returned to Kazan, where it is kept in the Kazan Mother of God Monastery
Kazan Aircraft Production Association

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Kazan Helicopters

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Kazan Federal University

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is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia
Dinamo Kazan

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is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Kazan
Sources
1. Kazan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 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
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe
    Kazan is the capital and largest city of Tatarstan, Russia.
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2. Kazan (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 60 m
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3. GeoNames: Kazan - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 551487
    55.78874 49.12214 P PPLA RU 73 862913 1243500 61 Europe/Moscow
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 61 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 49.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 49.25
55.75 49.25 Dfb
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Wikidata: Kazan
Wikidata Q900, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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