Turan
Russia /
Tyva /
Turan /
World
/ Russia
/ Tyva
/ Turan
, 1 km from center (Туран)
World / Russia / Tuva
city, district center
Turan (Russian: Тура́н; Tuvan: Туран) is a town and the administrative center of Piy-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located 70 kilometers (43 mi) northwest of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,981. The name of the town comes from the Turkic word for "saline land."
It was founded in 1885 by Russian settlers from Siberia; town status was granted to it in 1945.
It was founded in 1885 by Russian settlers from Siberia; town status was granted to it in 1945.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan,_Tuva_Republic
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°8'43"N 93°54'55"E
- Krasnoyarsk 452 km
- Bratsk 675 km
- Blagoveshchensk 2313 km
- Changchun 2465 km
- Shenyang 2470 km
- Manpho 2699 km
- Samjiyon 2787 km
- Hoeryŏng 2832 km
- Chongjin 2868 km
- Rasŏn 2886 km
- Museum of local lore of Turan 0.4 km
- Monument to The Fighters for Soviet power 0.5 km
- Municipality of Turan 0.6 km
- ул. Щетинкина, 43 0.6 km
- Monument to Lenin 0.6 km
- Shopping center in Turan 0.7 km
- Рабочая ул., 27 0.9 km