Pryazha
Sign in to savePryazha (; ; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located from the Shuya River and west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,675.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Pryazha
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Пряжа
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Priäžä
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Karelian
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Pryazha town hall winter.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Pryazhinsky District Administration building in Pryazha
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Pryazhinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Pryazhinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Pryazhinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Pryazhinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 3675
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 17th century
- Russian inhabited locality.established_title
- First mentioned
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Pryazha (; ; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located from the Shuya River and west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,675.
==History== It was first mentioned in the 17th century as the village of Pryazha or Padlovo (). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1962.
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