Murashi (Russian: Мураши́) is a town and the administrative center of Murashinsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located 112 kilometers (70 mi) northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast, on the Kirov–Syktyvkar highway.
[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1944.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Murashi serves as the administrative center of Murashinsky District.
[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Murashinsky District as the Town of Murashi.
[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Murashi is incorporated within Murashinsky Municipal District as Murashinskoye Urban Settlement.