Map of Kanash, Russia

Kanash is a city in Chuvash Republic, Russia, with a population of about 49,886. It lies at 55.5096°N, 47.4913°E. Kanash is about 620 km (385 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Novocheboksarsk, 67 km to the north.

Kanash at a glance

Where is Kanash?

• The 3rd largest city in Chuvash Republic on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 03 min on the shortest day to 17 h 30 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kanash

• Novocheboksarsk — 67 km north
• Volzhsk — 67 km northeast
• Shumerlya — 68 km west
• Cheboksary — 71 km north
• Zelenodolsk — 74 km northeast
• Alatyr’ — 94 km southwest
• Kazan — 107 km east
• Yoshkar-Ola — 128 km north
• Ulyanovsk — 143 km southeast
• Dimitrovgrad — 198 km southeast

Largest cities in Chuvash Republic

• Cheboksary — 492,331
• Novocheboksarsk — 128,468
• Alatyr’ — 42,156
• Shumerlya — 35,220

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.