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Dikson
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urban-type settlement in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Administrative district
- Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
- Total
- 218,959 km (84,541 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Estimate 2024
- 306 )
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( MSK+4 )
- Dialing code
- +7 39152
- Oktmo id
- 04653155051
- Website
- dikson-taimyr .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 306
- Elevation
- 26
- Image
- Soviet Union-1965-Stamp-0.06. 50 Years of Dikson.jpg
- Dialing code
- 39152
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- Commons category
- Dikson (urban-type settlement)
- postal code
- 647341
- inception
- 1915-01-01
- maximum temperature record
- 26.9
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Article
Dikson (Russian: Ди́ксон, IPA: [dʲiksən]) (also spelled Dixon or Dickson) is a closed port town 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. It is the world's northernmost settlement on a continental mainland.
Geography