Ust-Omchug

Russia / Magadan / Ust-Omchug /
 town, GULAG, district center

Urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located at the 271-kilometer (168 mi) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan. Population: 3,914 (2010 Census).
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
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Coordinates:   61°8'0"N   149°37'55"E
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