Safonovo
Сафоново | |
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Coordinates: 69°04′N 33°18′E / 69.067°N 33.300°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
Founded | ca. 1936 |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,255 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 5,666 (+7.8%) |
• Subordinated to | closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk[1] |
• Urban okrug | Severomorsk Urban Okrug[4] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
Postal code(s)[6] | 184620, 184621 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 81537 |
OKTMO ID | 47730000061 |
Safonovo (Russian: Сафоново) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia,[1] located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) west of Severomorsk proper. Population: 5,255 (2010 Census);[2] 4,853 (2002 Census);[7] 7,661 (1989 Census).[8]
It was founded as a work settlement around 1936.[citation needed]