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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Administrative district
- Ashinsky District
- Town selsoviet
- Asha
- Town status since
- June 20, 1933
- Elevation
- 140 m (460 ft)
- Total
- 31,881
- Estimate 2023
- 27,442 ( −13.9% )
- Capital of
- Ashinsky District, Town of Asha
- Municipal district
- Ashinsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Ashinskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+5 ( MSK+2 )
- Postal codes
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Asha (Russian: Аша́) is a town and the administrative center of Ashinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River (a tributary of the Belaya), 377 kilometers (234 mi) west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 31,881 (2010 census); 33,926 (2002 census); 38,646 (1989 Soviet census).
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