Kuvandyk

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Coordinates: 51°28′33.96″N 57°21′6.84″E / 51.4761°N 57.3519°E / 51.4761; 57.3519

Kuvandyk (Russian: Кувандык) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Sakmara River, 194 kilometres (121 mi) east of Orenburg. Population: 28,679 (2002 Census); 28,339 (1989 Census).

It was founded in the end of the 19th century as a migrants' village of Pokrovka (Покро́вка). It was granted town status in 1953.

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