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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Tver Oblast
- Administrative district
- Staritsky District
- Urban settlement selsoviet
- Staritsa
- Elevation
- 175 m (574 ft)
- Total
- 8,607
- Estimate 2021
- 6,938 ( −19.4% )
- Capital of
- Staritsky District, Staritsa Urban Settlement
- Municipal district
- Staritsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Staritsa Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 171360, 171361, 171399
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Located in
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Population
- 6938
- Area
- 8
- Elevation
- 175
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.старицкийрайон.рф
- Image
- Городище (Старица) . Фото 2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48263
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- Commons category
- Staritsa
- postal code
- 171360
- inception
- 1297-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Staritsa (Russian: Ста́рица) is a town and the administrative center of Staritsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River, 77 kilometers (48 mi) from Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 8,607 (2010 census); 9,125 (2002 census); 9,120 (1989 Soviet census).
It was previously known as Gorodok (until the 15th century).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Staritsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.