Kodinsk

Kodinsk () is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, north of Krasnoyarsk. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kodinsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Кодинск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Kodinsk.JPG
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: In Kodinsk
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: top
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Kodinsk (Krasnoyarsk krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Kodinsk city.gif
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Kezhemsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Kodinsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: District town
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Kezhemsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: district town of Kodinsk
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Kezhemsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Kodinsk Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Kezhemsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Kodinsk Urban Settlement

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Population: 13324
Area: 7
Elevation: 160
Official website: www.admkodinsk.ru
Image: Kodinsk.JPG
Dialing code: 39143

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inception: 1977-01-01
postal code: 663470
Commons category: Kodinsk
native label: Кодинск

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Kodinsk () is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, north of Krasnoyarsk. Population:

==History== It was founded in 1977 as the settlement of Kodinskoye () 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". It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1978 and town status in 1989.