Paranga (Russian: Параньга́; Meadow Mari: Поранча, Poranča) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Paranginsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia.

As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,985.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Paranga serves as the administrative center of Paranginsky District.

[3] As an administrative division, the urban-type settlement of Paranga, together with one rural locality (the village of Lyazhberdino), is incorporated within Paranginsky District as Paranga Urban-Type Settlement[3] (an administrative division of the district).

[1] As a municipal division, Paranga Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Paranginsky Municipal District as Paranga Urban Settlement.