Volchansk is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Karpinsk

Karpinsk

Karpinsk is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River , north of Yekaterinburg. Population: -History:The settlement of Bogoslovsk was founded in either 1759 or in 1769. It remained one of the largest copper production centers in the Urals until 1917...

 in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Volchanka River (right tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Sosva

Sosva River (Sverdlovsk Oblast)

The Sosva is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Tavda River. The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is . The Sosva freezes up in early November and breaks up in April. It is navigable within of its estuary....

, Ob

Ob River

The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...

's basin

Drainage basin

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), 452 kilometres (280.9 mi) north of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, Volchansk and ten rural localities are subordinated to the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Karpinsk

Karpinsk

Karpinsk is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River , north of Yekaterinburg. Population: -History:The settlement of Bogoslovsk was founded in either 1759 or in 1769. It remained one of the largest copper production centers in the Urals until 1917...

—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts

Administrative divisions of Sverdlovsk Oblast

*Towns under the federal government management:**Novouralsk ***with 1 selsovet under the town's jurisdiction.**Lesnoy ***Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction and the federal government management:...

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Municipally, Volchansk, along with two rural localities, is incorporated as Volchansky Urban Okrug. Karpinsk and the other eight rural localities are independently incorporated as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.

Economy

• factory of consumer goods
• dressing mill
• brickyard
• extraction of brown coal
• asphalt plant

Transport

A tram

Volchansk tram system

Volchansk Tram is a main kind of transportation connecting southern and northern parts-townships of one town Volchansk . These townships are called Volchanka and Lesnaya Volchanka respectively. Town population is only about ten thousand people. Tram has been working since December 31, 1951...

system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi).