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Buinsk (Russian: Буи́нск; Tatar: Буа; Chuvash: Пӑва, Păva) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Karla River (left tributary of the Sviyaga), 137 kilometers (85 mi) southwest of Kazan. Population: 20,352 (2010 census); 19,736 (2002 census); 16,800 (1989 Soviet census).
It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1691. Town status was granted to it in 1780.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buinsk serves as the administrative center of Buinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Buinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Buinsk is incorporated within Buinsky Municipal District as Buinsk Urban Settlement.
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