Korkino
human settlement in Korkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Administrative district
- Korkinsky District
- Town selsoviet
- Korkino
- Founded
- second half of, the 18th century
- Town status since
- October 2, 1942
- Elevation
- 243 m (797 ft)
- Total
- 38,597
- Estimate 2025
- 35,832 ( −7.2% )
- Capital of
- Korkinsky District, Town of Korkino
- Municipal district
- Korkinsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Korkinskoye Urban Settlement
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Korkino (Russian: Ко́ркино) is a town and the administrative center of Korkinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slope of the Southern Ural Mountains, 42 kilometers (26 mi) south of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 38,597 (2010 census); 41,501 (2002 census); 45,198 (1989 Soviet census).
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