Sarapul (English) Сарапул (Russian) Сарапул (Udmurt) |
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![]() Sedelnikova Street in Sarapul |
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![]() Location of the Udmurt Republic in Russia |
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Coordinates: 56°28′N 53°48′E / 56.467°N 53.8°ECoordinates: 56°28′N 53°48′E / 56.467°N 53.8°E | |
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Administrative status (as of March 2011) | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Udmurt Republic[1] |
Administratively subordinated to | city of republic significance of Sarapul[1] |
Administrative center of | city of republic significance of Sarapul[1] |
Municipal status (as of November 2004) | |
Urban okrug | Sarapul Urban Okrug[2] |
Administrative center of | Sarapul Urban Okrug[2] |
Representative body | City Duma[citation needed] |
Statistics | |
Area | 316.66 km2 (122.26 sq mi)[citation needed] |
Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
101,390 inhabitants[3] |
- Rank in 2010 | 162nd |
Population (2002 Census) | 103,141 inhabitants[4] |
- Rank in 2002 | 157th |
Density | 320 /km2 (830 /sq mi)[5] |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00)[6] |
First mentioned | 1596[citation needed] |
City status since | 1780[citation needed] |
Postal code(s) | 427960-427980[citation needed] |
Dialing code(s) | +7 34147[citation needed] |
Sarapul on WikiCommons |
Sarapul (Russian: Сарапул) is a city and a river port in the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River, 66 kilometers (41 mi) southeast of Izhevsk. Population: 101,390 (2010 Census preliminary results);[3] 103,141 (2002 Census);[4] 110,381 (1989 Census).[7]
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Sarapul is one of the oldest cities of the Kama region. It was first mentioned in a 1596 population audit book as the village (selo) of Voznesenskoye (Вознесе́нское), also known as Sarapul:[citation needed] in Kazansky Uyezd in the upper Kama River ... in Sarapul and Siva people fish. Apparently, here "Sarapul" is the name of a section of the river, as well as the entire area along its shores. It is believed that the name of this area comes from the word "сарапуль" (sarapul) which in Chuvash means "yellow fish", or sturgeon, which was in abundance here. Later, however, other versions of the origin of the name were considered. In particular, one of them says that the word "sarapul" formed by the merger of two words: "Sarah", which is one of the Siberian dialect means "money" and "pul" - small copper coin, and means "place of money".
In 1780, it was granted town status,[citation needed] and by the end of the 18th century it grew into a merchant town with developed industry of footwear manufacturing.
Administratively, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Sarapul—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Municipally, the city of republic significance of Sarapul is incorporated as Sarapul Urban Okrug.[2]
Currently, Sarapul is the second most significant industrial town in the republic after Izhevsk.
The asteroid 26851 Sarapul was named in the city's honor on June 1, 2007.[8]
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