{{Short description|Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox Russian town |en_name=Kachkanar |ru_name=Качканар |image_skyline= Aerial photographs of Kachkanar-19.jpg |image_caption= Aerial view |coordinates = {{coord|58|42|N|59|29|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Kachkanar (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sverdlovsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |adm_city_jur=Town of Kachkanar |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of=Town of Kachkanar |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|65 448}}</ref> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |urban_okrug_jur=Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of=Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|65 743}}</ref> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=41426 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=624350, 624351, 624354, 624356, 624357 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website=https://www.admkgo.ru }} '''Kachkanar''' ({{langx|ru|Качкана́р}}) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located between the Isa and Vyya Rivers in the Tura River's basin, {{convert|205|km|sp=us}} north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=41,426|p2002=44,664|p1989=48,251}} The town of Kachkanar is located at the foot of mountain Kachkanar.

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as the '''Town of Kachkanar'''<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist">Order #120-P</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlaw">Law #30-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, the Town of Kachkanar is incorporated as '''Kachkanarsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref><ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" />

==Economy and transportation== The town is served by Kachkanar railway station, connected with a {{convert|44|km|sp=us|adj=on}} long branch line to the Perm–Nizhny Tagil–Yekaterinburg main railway line. There is an open-pit mine to the north.

==Twin towns and sister cities== Kachkanar is a sister city of: {{Div col|colwidth=}} * {{flagicon|ITA}} Sëlva, Italy * {{flagicon|BLR}} Maladzyechna, Belarus {{Div col end}}

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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|mun|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|adm|law}}

==External links== {{Commons category inline}} *[https://kgo66.ru/ Official website of Kachkanar] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://kachkanar.jsprav.ru/ Kachkanar Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

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