title: Kilemary
text: # Kilemary
  
  Kilemary (Russian: Килема́ры; Hill Mari: Кӹлемар, Kÿlemar; Meadow Mari: Килемар, Kilemar) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kilemarsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,073.
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kilemary serves as the administrative center of Kilemarsky District. As an administrative division, the urban-type settlement of Kilemary, together with fourteen rural localities, is incorporated within Kilemarsky District as Kilemary Urban-Type Settlement (an administrative division of the district). As a municipal division, Kilemary Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kilemarsky Municipal District as Kilemary Urban Settlement.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Sergey Chilikov (1953–2020), photographer
  * Vladislav Zotin (born 1942), President of Mari El 1991–1997
  