🇷🇺 Shchekino (Щёкино), also romanized Shchyokino, is a town and the administrative centre of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), 25 km (16 mi) south of Tula, the administrative centre of the oblast.
History It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.
Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchekino serves as the administrative centre of Shchyokinsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as Shchekino Urban Settlement.
Shchekino has a population of over 58,139 people. Shchekino also forms the centre of the wider Shchyokinsky District which has a population of over 106,337 people. It is also a part of the larger Tula Oblast.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Shchekino has links with:
🇸🇰 Považská Bystrica, Slovak Republic🇵🇱 Starogard Gdański 53.967
🇵🇱 Kamień Pomorski 53.967
🇧🇾 Partyzanski 53.951
🇩🇪 Ostvorpommern 53.93
🇷🇺 Zapadnoye Degunino 37.533
🇷🇺 Yuzhnoye Butovo 37.533
🇷🇺 Lomonosovsky 37.533
🇪🇹 Arba Minch 37.535
🇷🇺 Presnensky 37.537
🇷🇺 Dmitrovsky 37.517
🇷🇺 Obruchevsky 37.517
🇷🇺 Dolgoprudny 37.515
🇷🇺 Tyoply Stan 37.483
🇷🇺 Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki 37.467
Locations Near: Shchekino 37.5167,54
🇷🇺 Novomoskovsk 38.217,54.083 d: 46.6
🇷🇺 Serpukhov 37.407,54.921 d: 102.7
🇷🇺 Kashira 38.167,54.833 d: 101.8
🇷🇺 Chekhov 37.45,55.15 d: 127.9
🇷🇺 Kaluga 36.263,54.514 d: 99.5
🇷🇺 Klimovsk 37.533,55.367 d: 152
🇷🇺 Obninsk 36.639,55.1 d: 134.8
🇷🇺 Podolsk 37.545,55.432 d: 159.2
🇷🇺 Domodedovo 37.766,55.44 d: 161
Antipodal to: Shchekino -142.483,-54
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15915
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15438.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14960.8
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14870.1
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14855.5
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14855.5
🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14752.9
🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 15088.5
🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 14637.3
🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 14521