Sokoch Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Сокоч. Nasledie-sela.ru. Russian. 5 February 2020.
  2. Book: Bulletin, Issue 162. Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 1968. 100.