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Kostomuksha
Sign in to saveKostomuksha (; ; ; ) is a town in the northwest of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located from the border with Finland, on the shore of Lake Kontoki. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Kostomuksha
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Костомукша
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- KontuvaaraKostamus01.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Kontuvaara is a new district in Kostomuksha
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Kostomuksha Coat of Arms.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Kostomuksha flag.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- town of republic significance of Kostomuksha
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- town of republic significance of Kostomuksha
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Kostomukshsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Kostomukshsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 28436
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1977
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1983
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 186930–186932
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.kostomuksha-city.ru/
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Koštamuš
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 25928
- Area
- 15
- Elevation
- 220
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.kostomuksha-city.ru
- Image
- KontuvaaraKostamus01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 81459
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- Commons category
- Kostomuksha
- postal code
- 186932
- inception
- 1977-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Kostomuksha
- native label
- Koštamuš
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Culture and recreation
- Sister city
- References
- Notes
- Sources
Kostomuksha (; ; ; ) is a town in the northwest of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located from the border with Finland, on the shore of Lake Kontoki. Population:
==Geography== The nearest large cities in Russia are St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk, which are connected to Kostomuksha by rail. The nearest towns in Finland are Kuhmo and Suomussalmi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kostomuksha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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