En Name: | Sorsk |
Ru Name: | Сорск |
Loc Name1: | Сорығ |
Loc Lang1: | Khakas |
Coordinates: | 54.0333°N 105°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Sorsk_(Khakassia).png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Khakassia |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2012 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Sorsk |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Sorsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | May 2007 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Sorsk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Sorsk Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 12143 |
Established Date: | 1940s |
Current Cat Date: | 1966 |
Postal Codes: | 655111 |
Dialing Codes: | 390332, 390323 |
Date: | February 2012 |
Sorsk (ru|Сорск; Khakas: Сорығ, Sorığ) is a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located 145km (90miles) northwest of Abakan. Population:
It was founded as the work settlement of Dzerzhinsky in the 1940s. It was renamed Sorsk and granted town status in 1966.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Sorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Sorsk is incorporated as Sorsk Urban Okrug.[2]