Shakhun'ya: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 22,400
• Coordinates: 57.6760° N, 46.6117° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 589 km (366 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cheboksary Airport (CSY): 182 km (113 mi), straight line
• Pobedilovo Airport (KVX): 185 km (115 mi), straight line
• Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport (GOJ): 235 km (146 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tonshayevo: 25 km (15 mi)
• Tonkino: 35 km (22 mi)
• Vetluga: 53 km (33 mi)
• Kiknur: 54 km (34 mi)
• Uren': 55 km (34 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yoshkar-Ola, 139 km (86 mi)