Oboyan

Oboyan
Обоянь
Main square in Oboyan
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Oboyan
Location of Oboyan
Oboyan
Oboyan (Kursk Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°12′N 36°17′E / 51.200°N 36.283°E / 51.200; 36.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast
Administrative districtOboyansky District
Town of district significanceSelsovietOboyan
Founded1639
Town status since1779
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 • Total
13,565
 • Estimate 
(2024)
11,671 (−14%)
 • Capital ofOboyansky District, town of district significance of Oboyan
 • Municipal districtOboyansky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementOboyan Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofOboyansky Municipal District, Oboyan Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes
306230, 306231, 306269
OKTMO ID38626101001
Websitewww.oboyan.org

Oboyan (Russian: Обоя́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, 60 kilometers (37 mi) south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,844 (2021 census); 13,565 (2010 census); 14,618 (2002 census); 15,360 (1989 Soviet census).