En Name: | Kodinsk |
Ru Name: | Кодинск |
Coordinates: | 58.6833°N 110°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Image Coa: | Kodinsk city.gif |
Federal Subject: | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Kezhemsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kodinsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | District town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Kezhemsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | district town of Kodinsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Kezhemsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Kodinsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Kezhemsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kodinsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 14830 |
Established Date: | 1977 |
Current Cat Date: | 1989 |
Prev Name1: | Kodinskoye |
Website: | http://www.admkodinsk.ru/ |
Kodinsk (ru|Коди́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, 735km (457miles) north of Krasnoyarsk. Population:
It was founded in 1977 as the settlement of Kodinskoye (Russian: Коди́нское) servicing the construction of the Boguchanskaya hydroelectric power station; the name is after the Koda River, a tributary of the Angara that ends about 12 km northeast of the town. The name Koda in turn is derived from Evenki word kada, meaning "cliff".[1] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1978 and town status in 1989.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kodinsk serves as the administrative center of Kezhemsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Syromolotovo, incorporated within Kezhemsky District as the district town of Kodinsk. As a municipal division, the district town of Kodinsk is incorporated within Kezhemsky Municipal District as Kodinsk Urban Settlement.[3]