Kadykchan

Kadykchan (; ) is a depopulated urban locality (a work settlement) in Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the Upper Kolyma Highlands, in the basin of the Ayan-Yuryakh River, northwest of Susuman, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, it had no recorded population.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kadykchan
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Кадыкчан
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Laika ac Kadykchan (6480293211).jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Abandoned apartment buildings in Kadykchan, 2011
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia#Russia Magadan Oblast#Asia
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Magadan Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Susumansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type: Work settlement
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1940s
Russian inhabited locality.mapframe: yes
Russian inhabited locality.mapframe zoom: 12
Russian inhabited locality.mapframe wikidata: yes
Russian inhabited locality.mapframe marker: village

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: ghost town
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Susumansky District
Population: 0
Time zone: UTC+11:00
Official website: kadykchan.ru
Image: Laika ac Kadykchan (6480293211).jpg

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Commons category: Kadykchan
postal code: 686350
inception: 1943-00-00

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Contents

Etymology
History
Population history
External links
References
Notes
Sources

==Etymology== The settlement's name comes from the indigenous Even language word meaning "small gorge" or "ravine".

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