Dikson (urban-type settlement)

Dikson
Диксон
Soviet stamp of 1965, dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the village of Dikson
Soviet stamp of 1965, dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the village of Dikson
Flag of Dikson
Coat of arms of Dikson
Location of Dikson
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Dikson is located in Russia
Dikson
Dikson
Location of Dikson
Dikson is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Dikson
Dikson
Dikson (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Coordinates: 73°30′N 80°31′E / 73.500°N 80.517°E / 73.500; 80.517
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Administrative districtTaymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Founded1915
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
647340
Dialing code(s)+7 39152
OKTMO ID04653155051
Websitedikson-taimyr.ru
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Dikson (Russian: Ди́ксон, IPA: [dʲiksən]) (also spelled Dixon) is a port located in northern Russia and is one of the world's northernmost settlements. Dikson is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) situated in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is situated on the Kara Sea, located on a headland at the mouth of the Yenisei Gulf (the Yenisei River estuary), on Russia's Arctic Ocean coast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 319.[3] It is the world's northernmost settlement on a continental mainland.

  1. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. ^ 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.