En Name: | Sokoch |
Ru Name: | Сокоч |
Coordinates: | 53.1514°N 157.69°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Kamchatka Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Yelovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Pop Latest: | 903 |
Pop Latest Date: | 2010 |
Postal Codes: | 684029 |
Sokoch (Russian: Сокоч) is a rural locality in the Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Krai in Far Eastern Russia. It is the administrative centre of Nachikinsky and lies by road west of Yelizovo. The settlement was established in 1947 at the confluence of the rivers Plotnikova and Sokoch. In 2010 it had a population of 903 people.[1] The river Sokoch is noted for its salmon.[2]