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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Ivanovo Oblast
- Head
- Natalya Koryagina (acting)
- Total
- 33.29 km (12.85 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Estimate 2025
- 52,971 ( −9.4% )
- Rank
- 283rd in 2010
- Density
- 1,757/km (4,550/sq mi)
- Subordinated to
- Town of Shuya
- Capital of
- Shuysky District , Town of Shuya
- Urban okrug
- Shuya Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 155900—155906, 155908, 155912
- Dialing code
- +7 49351
- Website
- www .okrugshuya .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Shuya (Russian: Шу́я, pronounced [ˈʂujə]) is the third largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. The town is built on the high left bank of the navigable Teza river, a tributary of the Klyazma river, with two suburbs on the right bank. Population: 55,225 (2021 census); 58,486 (2010 census); 62,449 (2002 census); 69,362 (1989 Soviet census); 18,968 (in 1897); 19,560 (in 1882).
Shuya is one of the chief centers of the cotton and linen industries in central Russia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shuya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.