Dikson
Dikson is a small city in Taymyria with a population of 690. Among its inhabitants the city is nicknamed "Arctic's Capital", taken from a popular Soviet-era song.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Village with about 320 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code DKS
- …dates from 1915
- Description: urban-type settlement in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia
- Address: Таймырский Долгано-Ненецкий район
- Also known as“Dickson”“Dikson (urban-type settlement)”“Port Dickson”
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Latitude
73.5085° or 73° 30′ 30″ north
Longitude
80.5228° or 80° 31′ 22″ east
UN/LOCODE
RU DKS
Open location code
CM52GG5F+94
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Dikson” goes by many names.
Դիքսոն (Կրասնոյարսկի երկրամաս)Armenian
Dikson qəsəbəsiAzerbaijani
DiksonBasque
ДыксанBelarusian
ДиксонBulgarian
DicksonCatalan
DiksonCatalan
DiksonCebuano
ДиксонChechen
迪克森Chinese
迪克森 (俄羅斯)Chinese
迪克森市 (俄羅斯城市)Chinese
DiksonCrimean Tatar
Dikson (şeer şeklinde qasaba)Crimean Tatar
DiksonCroatian
DiksonCzech
DiksonDutch
DiksonEsperanto
DiksonFinnish
ΝτίκσονGreek
דיקסוןHebrew
DicksonHungarian
DiksonIndonesian
DiksonItalian
ディクソンJapanese
딕손Korean
DicksonLatin
Dickson (colonia urbana)Latin
DiksonaLatvian
DiksonasLithuanian
DiksonNorwegian
DiksonNorwegian Bokmål
ДиксонOssetian
Диксон (Красноярсчы край)Ossetian
دیکسونPersian
دیکسون (روسیه)Persian
DiksonPolish
ДиксонRussian
Диксон (посёлок городского типа)Russian
ДиксонSerbian
DiksonSlovenian
دیکسون، روسیهSouth Azerbaijani
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