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Kansk Канск | |
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![]() Welcome sign at the entrance to Kansk | |
Coordinates: 56°12′N95°43′E / 56.200°N 95.717°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai [1] |
Founded | 1628 |
Town status since | 1782 |
Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 94,226 |
• Rank | 182nd in 2010 |
• Subordinated to | krai town of Kansk [1] |
• Capital of | krai town of Kansk, [1] Kansky District [1] |
• Urban okrug | Kansk Urban Okrug [3] |
• Capital of | Kansk Urban Okrug, [3] Kansky Municipal District [4] |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ![]() |
Postal code(s) [6] | 660861, 663600–663602, 663604–663606, 663609, 663610, 663612–663615, 663619 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 39161 |
OKTMO ID | 04720000001 |
Website | kansk-adm |
Kansk (Russian : Канск) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kan River. Population: 94,226 (2010 Census); [2] 103,000 (2002 Census); [7] 109,607 (1989 Soviet census). [8]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1897 | 7,537 | — |
1926 | 19,000 | +152.1% |
1939 | 41,584 | +118.9% |
1959 | 82,662 | +98.8% |
1970 | 94,680 | +14.5% |
1979 | 100,558 | +6.2% |
1989 | 109,607 | +9.0% |
2002 | 103,000 | −6.0% |
2010 | 94,226 | −8.5% |
2021 | 86,816 | −7.9% |
Source: Census data |
Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town status in 1782.[ citation needed ] The town is a center of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the Soviet Union. It also has cotton, timber, hydrolysis, and food industries.[ citation needed ]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kansk serves as the administrative center of Kansky District, even though it is not a part of it. [1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Kansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [1] As a municipal division, the krai town of Kansk is incorporated as Kansk Urban Okrug. [3]
The town is home to the Kansk air base and it is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway.[ citation needed ]