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Sengiley (Roushie: Сенгиле́й) is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Sengileyevsky Destrict o Ulyanovsk Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the richt bank o Kuybyshev Reservoir 72 kilometer (45 mi) sooth o Ulyanovsk. Population: 8,396 (2002 Census);[6] 10,366 (1989 Census).[7]
Sengiley Сенгилей | |
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Coordinates: 53°58′N 48°48′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Ulyanovsk Oblast[1] |
Admeenistrative destrict | Sengileyevsky Destrict[1] |
Toun o destrict significance | Sengiley[1] |
Foondit | 1666 |
Toun status syne | 1943 |
Area | |
• Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,958 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
• Caipital o | town of district significance of Sengiley[1] |
Municipal status | |
• Municipal destrict | Sengileyevsky Municipal Destrict[3] |
• Urban settlement | Sengileyevskoye Urban Dounset[3] |
• Caipital o | Sengileyevsky Municipal Destrict[3], Sengileyevskoye Urban Dounset[3] |
Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC+04:00 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[5] | 433380, 433381, 433399 |
OKTMO ID | 73636101001 |
It wis foondit in 1666 as a defensive military ootpost against nomadic raids. Several slobodas later formit aroond the ootpost, an in the beginnin o the 18t century the slobodas o Stanichnaya, Butyrskaya, an Vybornaya mergit intae the veelage o Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское), namit for a Kirk o the Intercession (Roushie: Це́рковь Покрова́). In 1780, it wis reorganizit intae the toun o Sengiley, namit for its poseetion on the river then o the same name (nou Sengileyka, a tributary o the Volga), which comes frae Erzya syang 'tributary' an lei 'river.'[8]
In 1925, Sengiley wis demotit in status tae a rural locality, but it wis grantit urban-type settlement status in 1925. Toun status wis grantit again in 1943.
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