Sredneuralsk is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated north of Yekaterinburg. Population: Postal code: 624080. International dialing code: +7 .-History:...

 in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the shore of Iset Lake, at the head of the Iset River

Iset River

Iset River is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It rises in the Ural Mountains 25km northwest of Yekaterinburg and flows east into the Tobol River. To the north of its basin is that of Tura River and to the south, the Uy River. The length of the Iset River is...

, 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) north of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

. Population: 19,555 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

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Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, Sredneuralsk and twenty-seven rural localities are subordinated to the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated north of Yekaterinburg. Population: Postal code: 624080. International dialing code: +7 .-History:...

—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts

Administrative divisions of Sverdlovsk Oblast

*Towns under the federal government management:**Novouralsk ***with 1 selsovet under the town's jurisdiction.**Lesnoy ***Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction and the federal government management:...

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Municipally, Sredneuralsk, along with three rural localities, is incorporated as Sredneuralsk Urban Okrug. Verkhnyaya Pyshma and the other twenty-four rural localities are independently incorporated as Verkhnyaya Pyshma Urban Okrug.

Climate

The climate of Sredneyralsk is continental

Continental climate

Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby...

. The average temperature amplitude is -45 C to 38 °C (100.4 °F). The average temperature in January is -16 C; in July: 17.4 °C (63.3 °F). The snow cover usually stays on surface for up to five months from November to the middle of April. The average year precipitation is 430–500 mm. The town is situated 252–278 m above the sea level

Sea level

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The main rock soil components are granite

Granite

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 and argillaceous slates

Argillite

An argillite is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is...

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Tourist attractions

There are about thirty architecture points of interest in Sredneuralsk, such as Chyortovo Gorodishche, Sem Bratyev (Seven Brothers), etc.

Economy

Thermal power station "SUGRES" is based in Sredneuralsk. The station was officially opened on June 27, 1931. Other industrial enterprises include:

• Sredneuralsk Metallurgical Plant (est. 1941)
• Sredneuralsk Concrete Product Plant (est. 1964)
• Sredneuralsk Housing Construction Company (est. 1966)
• Sredneuralsk Railway Transport Enterprise (est. 1975)
• Wine Factory (est. 1960)
• Poultry Plant (est. 1973)

Education and culture

There are three secondary and primary schools, one kindergarten, and a campus of the Ural Metallurgical College in Sredneuralsk.

There is also Volna movie theater and a library of 70,000 books.

Transport

The town is connected to the main bus route. The route length from Sredneuralsk to Yekaterinburg is 25 kilometres (15.5 mi).