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Balakhna

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Balakhna () is a town and the administrative center of Balakhninsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, north of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 33,500 (1968).

Key facts

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Balakhna
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Балахна
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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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Balakhninsky District
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Balakhna
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Town of district significance
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Balakhninsky District
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town of district significance of Balakhna
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Town
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Balakhninsky Municipal District
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Balakhna Urban Settlement
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Balakhninsky Municipal District
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Balakhna Urban Settlement
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51519
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315th

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Balakhna () is a town and the administrative center of Balakhninsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, north of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 33,500 (1968).

It was previously known as Sol-na-Gorodtse.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balakhna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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