Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Penza Oblast
- Administrative district
- Gorodishchensky District
- Town of district significance selsoviet
- Gorodishche
- Elevation
- 210 m (690 ft)
- Total
- 8,096
- Estimate 2021
- 7,796 ( −3.7% )
- Capital of
- Gorodishchensky District, town of district significance of Gorodishche
- Municipal district
- Gorodishchensky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Gorodishche Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
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Encyclopedic overview
Gorodishche (Russian: Городи́ще) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodishchensky District in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Yulovka River (Sura's tributary) 48 kilometers (30 mi) east of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 8096.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorodishche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.