Sorsk
Сорск
Other transcription(s)
 • KhakasСорығ
Flag of Sorsk
Coat of arms of Sorsk
Location of Sorsk
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Sorsk is located in Russia
Sorsk
Sorsk
Location of Sorsk
Sorsk is located in Khakassia
Sorsk
Sorsk
Sorsk (Khakassia)
Coordinates: 54°02′N 90°15′E / 54.033°N 90.250°E / 54.033; 90.250
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKhakassia[1]
Founded1940s
Town status since1966
Population
 • Total12,143
 • Subordinated toTown of Sorsk[1]
 • Capital ofTown of Sorsk[1]
 • Urban okrugSorsk Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofSorsk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
655111
Dialing code(s)+7 390332, 390323
OKTMO ID95709000001

Sorsk (Russian: Сорск; Khakas: Сорығ, Sorığ) is a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located 145 kilometers (90 mi) northwest of Abakan. Population: 12,143 (2010 Russian census);[2] 13,313 (2002 Census);[6] 15,130 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

History

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It was founded as the work settlement of Dzerzhinsky in the 1940s.[citation needed] It was renamed Sorsk and granted town status in 1966.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Sorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Sorsk is incorporated as Sorsk Urban Okrug.[3]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Law #20
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Law #65
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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.

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