Asha, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal district, Russia

History | Geography : Administrative status | Sport

🇷🇺 Asha (Аша́) is a town and the administrative centre of Ashinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River (a tributary of the Belaya), 377 km (234 mi) west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative centre of the oblast.

History It was founded in 1898 and was granted town status on June 20, 1933.

On June 4, 1989, the Ufa train disaster—a huge liquefied petroleum gas explosion that killed or injured 1,200 people—occurred near Asha.

Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Asha serves as the administrative centre of Ashinsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ashinsky District as the Town of Asha. As a municipal division, the Town of Asha is incorporated within Ashinsky Municipal District as Ashinskoye Urban Settlement.

Sport Asha is known for Adzhigardak, its ski resort.

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Asha has a population of over 31,881 people. Asha also forms the centre of the wider Ashinsky District which has a combined population of over 64,779 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Asha has links with:

🇧🇾 Orsha, Belarus
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Antipodal to Asha is: -122.733,-55

Locations Near: Asha 57.2667,55

🇷🇺 Ufa 55.986,54.75 d: 86.6  

🇷🇺 Sterlitamak 55.937,53.637 d: 174.4  

🇷🇺 Salavat 55.927,53.362 d: 201.9  

🇷🇺 Magnitogorsk 58.986,53.408 d: 209.4  

🇷🇺 Zlatoust 59.649,55.211 d: 153.3  

🇷🇺 Dyurtyuli 54.867,55.483 d: 161.3  

🇷🇺 Kungur 56.944,57.436 d: 271.6  

🇷🇺 Miass 60.125,55.083 d: 182.3  

🇷🇺 Perm 56.232,58.012 d: 340.8  

🇷🇺 Neftekamsk 54.239,56.091 d: 225.8  

Antipodal to: Asha -122.733,-55

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15266.6  

🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 16354.7  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 16131  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 16131  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 16028.6  

🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 16706.4  

🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 15912.6  

🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 15793.8  

🇨🇱 Chiguayante -73.017,-36.917 d: 15795.1  

🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 15789.3  

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