Loukhi
Sign in to saveLoukhi (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Loukhsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of , north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,772.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Loukhi
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Лоухи
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Louhi
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Karelian
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Loukhi.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Loukhi.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Loukhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Loukhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Loukhsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Loukhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Loukhsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Loukhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 4772
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1912–1914
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1944
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Loukhi (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Loukhsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of , north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,772.
==History== It was founded in 1912–1914 due to the construction of a railroad. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1944.
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