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Orenburg
Sign in to saveOrenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, near the boundary of Europe and Asia, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow.
Orenburg is a city in southwestern Russia that serves as the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, located near the Ural River close to where Europe meets Asia. The city was renamed Chkalov from 1938 to 1957 and sits several hundred kilometers southeast of Moscow.
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- Orenburg
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Оренбург
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- Coat of Arms of Orenburg.svg
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- Russia Orenburg Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Orenburg Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- City of Orenburg
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- Orenburg Oblast
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- Orenburgsky District
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- City
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Orenburg Urban Okrug
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- Orenburg Urban Okrug
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- Orenburgsky Municipal District
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- City Duma
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 258.57
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 548331
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- Official name
- Чкалаў
- Population
- 536515
- Area
- 259
- Elevation
- 150
- Official website
- orenburg.ru
- Image
- Вид с новостройки на Ул Чкалова (263014995) (cropped).jpeg
- Dialing code
- 3532
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- Orenburg
- inception
- 1743-01-01
- postal code
- 460000
- native label
- Оренбург
- time of earliest written record
- 1735-00-00
- P8168
- banausos
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Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, near the boundary of Europe and Asia, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow.
Orenburg is close to the border with Kazakhstan. It was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR from 1920 to 1925.
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