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Sochi

This article is about the city in Russia. For other uses, see Sochi (disambiguation).

Sochi
Сочи
City[1]
Port of Sochi
Sochi Park
Winter Theatre
Sochi Olympic Park
Adler Railway Station
Bird's-eye view of Sochi
From top: Port of Sochi, Sochi Park, Winter Theatre, Sochi Olympic Park, Adler Railway Station
Bird's-eye view of Sochi
Flag of Sochi
Flag
Coat of arms of Sochi
Coat of arms
Location of Sochi
Map
Sochi is located in Krasnodar Krai
Sochi
Sochi
Location of Sochi
Sochi is located in Russia
Sochi
Sochi
Sochi (Russia)
Sochi is located in Europe
Sochi
Sochi
Sochi (Europe)
Coordinates: 43°35′07″N 39°43′13″E / 43.58528°N 39.72028°E / 43.58528; 39.72028
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnodar Krai[1]
Founded1838[2][3]
Government
 • BodyCity Assembly
 • Mayor[4]Alexey Kopaigorodsky[4]
Area
[5]
 • Total
176.77 km2 (68.25 sq mi)
Elevation
[6]
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[7]
 • Total
343,334
 • Estimate 
(2024)[8]
444,989
 • Rank52nd in 2010
 • Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toCity of Sochi[1]
 • Capital ofCity of Sochi[1]
 • Urban okrugSochi Urban Okrug[9]
 • Capital ofSochi Urban Okrug[9]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[10])
Postal code(s)[11]
354000, 354002–354004, 354008–354010, 354013, 354014, 354018, 354019, 354022, 354024, 354025, 354030, 354031, 354033, 354036, 354037, 354039, 354053–354055, 354057, 354059, 354061, 354065–354068, 354071, 354073, 354084, 354099, 354200, 354202–354214, 354216–354218, 354220, 354226, 354231, 354233, 354299, 354340, 354346, 354348, 354349, 354354, 354355, 354364, 354380, 354382, 354383, 354399, 993501
Dialing code(s)+7 862
OKTMO ID03726000001
Websitesochiadm.ru

Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: [ˈsotɕɪ] , from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents,[12] and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area. The city covers an area of 176.77 square kilometers (68.25 sq mi),[5] while the Greater Sochi Area covers over 3,502 square kilometers (1,352 sq mi).[5] Sochi stretches across 145 kilometers (90 mi), and is the longest city in Europe,[13] the fifth-largest city in the Southern Federal District, the second-largest city in Krasnodar Krai, and the sixth-largest city on the Black Sea.

Sochi hosted the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014. It hosted the alpine and Nordic Olympic events at the nearby ski resort of Rosa Khutor in Krasnaya Polyana. It also hosted the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix from 2014 until 2021.[14][15][16] It was also one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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  4. ^ a b Official website of Sochi Archived January 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c Городское Собрание Сочи. Решение №89 от 14 июля 2009 г. «Об утверждении генерального плана городского округа города Сочи». Вступил в силу со дня опубликования. (City Assembly of Sochi. Decision #89 of July 14, 2009 On the Adoption of the General Plan of the Urban Okrug of the City of Sochi. Effective as of the publication date.).
  6. ^ https://it-ch.topographic-map.com/map-6cd2tf/Sochi/?zoom=19&center=43.5852%2C39.72335&popup=43.58524%2C39.72328. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2024 года
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  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  12. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  13. ^ Rafael Saakov (February 4, 2014). "Sochi: The Russian city where I grew up". BBC. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  14. ^ Sochi hosts 2014 Winter Olympics BBC Sport, July 4, 2007
  15. ^ PM Putin confirms Russian GP for 2014 GPUpdate, October 15, 2010
  16. ^ "F1 terminates Russian GP contract after cancellation of 2022 race".

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