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Sokol, Magadan Oblast

Coordinates: 59°55′N 150°45′E / 59.917°N 150.750°E / 59.917; 150.750
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Sokol
Со́кол
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Sokol is located in Russia
Sokol
Sokol
Location of Sokol
Sokol is located in Magadan Oblast
Sokol
Sokol
Sokol (Magadan Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°55′N 150°45′E / 59.917°N 150.750°E / 59.917; 150.750
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMagadan Oblast
Administrative districtMagadan Urban Okrug
Founded1962Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 • Total
4,685
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
685918Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID44701000056
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Sokol (Russian: Со́кол) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located 49 kilometers (30 mi) north of Magadan on the Kolyma Highway (federal highway M56) section connecting Magadan and Ust-Nera, and is also on the proposed rail link connecting the Amur Yakutsk Mainline with Magadan. Population: 4,685 (2010 Census);[1] 4,715 (2002 Census);[4] 8,011 (1989 Soviet census).[5]

History

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It was founded in 1962 and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1964. It is serving and housing the workers of the Sokol Airport.

Transportation

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It is the site of the Sokol Airport.

References

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  1. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  5. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.