Kazan

Country | Russia
State | Tatarstan

Settled | 1438

Population | 1,143,535
Area (sq mi) | 164.2 sq mi

Current mayor | Ilsur Metshin

Kazan (Russian:Каза́нь) is the capital city of Tatarstan and has a population of 1,143,535 inhabitants as of the 2016 est.

The city is located on the Volga River and the Kazanka River and has the historical Kazan Kremlin which contains a great mosque and church, it is declared as a World Heritage Site in 2000, in 2005 the Kazan Metro was opened.

## References[edit]

* Official site
* 2016 estimate (in Russian)