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Magadan
Магадан | |
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 Magadan seen from the local mountains | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: none[2] | |
Location of Magadan  | |
  Magadan Location of Magadan  Magadan Magadan (Magadan Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 59°34′N 150°48′E / 59.567°N 150.800°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Magadan Oblast[1] |
| Founded | 1929[3] |
| Town status since | July 14,[citation needed] 1939[3] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Town Duma[4] |
| • Head/Mayor[7] | Andrey Popov (Head),[5] Yuri Fyodorovich Grishan (Mayor)[6] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 295 km2 (114 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 95,982 |
| • Estimate (2018)[10] | 92,782 (−3.3%) |
| • Rank | 178th in 2010 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Magadan[1] |
| • Capital of | Magadan Oblast,[11] town of oblast significance of Magadan[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Magadan Urban Okrug[12] |
| • Capital of | Magadan Urban Okrug[12] |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8  [13]) |
| Postal code(s)[14] | 685000–685005, 685007, 685017, 685021, 685024, 685030–685031, 685098–685099, 685700, 685960–685961 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4132 |
| OKTMO ID | 44701000001 |
| Town Day | July 14; observed on the third Saturday of July[15] |
| Website | www |
Magadan (Russian: Магадан, IPA: [məɡɐˈdan]) is a port town and the administrative centre of Magadan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the isthmus of the Staritsky Peninsula by the Nagaev Bay; it serves as a gateway to the Kolyma region.
Magadan, founded in 1929, was a major transit centre for political prisoners during the Stalin era and the administrative centre of the Dalstroy forced-labor gold-mining operation. The town later served as a port for exporting gold and other metals and was visited by U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace in 1944. Magadan plays a significant role in transportation with the Port of Magadan and Sokol Airport.
The local economy relies on gold mining and fisheries, although gold production has declined. The town has various cultural institutions and religious establishments, such as the Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity. The Mask of Sorrow memorial commemorates Stalin's victims. Magadan experiences a subarctic climate with prolonged and cold winters, causing the soil to remain permanently frozen.
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Vazheninwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Charter of Magadan, Article 24
- ^ Official website of Magadan Town Duma. Andrey Anatolyevich Popov (in Russian)
- ^ Official website of Magadan's Mayor Office. Serey Vasilyevich Abramov Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Mayor of Magadan (in Russian)
- ^ Charter of Magadan, Articles 33 and 35.1
- ^ Official website of Magadan's Mayor Office. Official Site of Magadan. Обновление материалов генерального плана 1994 г. Пояснительная записка. Archived May 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Charter of Magadan Oblast, Article 38
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Ref770was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ Decision #49-D
- ^ Magadan Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Оценка численности населения по районам на 1 января 2014 г. и в среднем за 2013 г. Archived December 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine