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Konosha
Konosha is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Konoshsky DistrictArkhangelsk OblastRussia, located on the Konosha River, south of Arkhangelsk. It also serves as the administrative center of Danilovsky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is incorporated as Konoshskoye Urban Settlement. Population:

Name
The name of the settlement is derived from the name of the Konosha River. The name of the river contains two element: -sha, which means "water" in the relevant Finnic languages, and -kon, which unclear etymology. If it is considered to be a Slavic word, it may mean either "beginning" or "border".

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