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Olonets
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Olonets (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Olonka River to the east of Lake Ladoga.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Olonets
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Олонец
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Anuksenlinnu
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Livvi-Karelian
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Олонец, слияние рек сверху.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Aerial view of Olonets
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- top
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Olonets.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Olonetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Olonetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Olonetsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Olonetskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Olonetsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Olonetskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 9056
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1137
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Anus
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 7631
- Area
- 6
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Megrega
- Official website
- olonets.onego.ru
- Image
- Олонец, центр сверху (1).jpg
- Dialing code
- 81436
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- twinned administrative body
- Ristijärvi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Olonets
- Commons category
- Olonets
- inception
- 1137-00-00
- postal code
- 186000
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Олонец
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Education
- Attractions
- City holidays and events
- Demographics
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Telecommunications
- Cellular communication
- Wired telephone connection
- Internet connection
- Television
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns and sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
Olonets (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Olonka River to the east of Lake Ladoga.
== Geography == Olonets is located at the confluence of the Olonka and Megrega rivers, on the Olonets Plain, southwest of Petrozavodsk, northeast of Saint Petersburg along the highway (Kola highway) and the Lodeynoye Pole–Yanisyarvi railroad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olonets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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