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Izhevsk City Info
Izhevsk is the capital city of the Republic of Udmurtia - a sovereign republic within the Russian Federation. The republic is situated in the Western part of the Middle Urals between the Kama and Vyatka rivers. It borders the Kirov region, the Perm region, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan. The republic covers an area of 42.1 thousand sq. km which is equal to 0.25% of the total area of the Russian Federation, and is about the size of the state of Vermont, USA, or the country of Denmark. There are about 750,000 Udmurts in Russia, with about 650,000 people living in Udmurtia and the rest living mostly in neighboring regions or republics. Total population is about 1,600,000 people.