DIKSON (URBAN-TYPE SETTLEMENT)


The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the settlements of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk

'Dikson' () is a closed urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Population: 883 (2005 est.); 1,198 (2002 Census); 4,449 (1989 Census).
Dikson is the northernmost port in Russia, and one of the northernmost settlements in the world. It is also one of the most isolated settlements in the world.
Dikson's inhabitants informally call their settlement an "Arctic's Capital"; a name taken from a popular Soviet song.

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★ Unofficial website of Dikson

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