Sochi

Sochi (Roushie: Сочи) is a ceety in Krasnodar Krai, Roushie, situatit juist north o Roushie's mairch wi the de facto independent republic o Abkhazie,^{[notes 1]} on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for 145 kilometer (90 mi) alang the shores o the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains. Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ceety haed a permanent population o 343,334;^[7] up frae 328,809 recorded in the 2002 Census,^[11] makkin it Roushie's lairgest resort ceety.

Sochi Сочи
Ceety[1]
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Coordinates: 43°35′07″N 39°43′13″E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Foondit	1838[2][3]
Govrenment
• Bodi	Ceety Assembly
• Head[4]	Anatoly Pakhomov[4]
Area [5]
• Total	176.77 km2 (68.25 sq mi)
Elevation [6]	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	343,334
• Rank	52nd in 2010
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Admeenistrative status
• Subordinatit tae	Ceety o Sochi[1]
• Caipital o	Ceety o Sochi[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Sochi Urban Okrug[8]
• Caipital o	Sochi Urban Okrug[8]
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [9])
Postal code(s)[10]	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
Dialin code(s)	+7 8622
Twin touns	Čačak, Menton, Rimini, Kerch, Trabzon, Sidon, Long Beach, Surgut, Nagato
OKTMO ID	03726000001
Website	www.sochiadm.ru

Sochi is on the northeast coast o the Black Sea

Sochi will host the XXII Olympic Winter Gemmes an XI Paralympic Winter Gemmes in 2014, as well as the Roushie Formula 1 Grand Prix frae 2014 til at least 2020.^[12][13] It is an aa ane o the host ceeties for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Roushie

Sochi haes been twinned wi the followin ceeties:

• Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1959)^[14]
• Menton, PACA, Fraunce (syne 1966)^[15]
• Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (syne 1977)^[16]
• Espoo, Finland (syne 1989)^[17]
• Long Beach, Californie, Unitit States (syne 1990)^[18]
• Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine (syne 2005)
• Trabzon, Turkey (syne 1991)^[19]
• Pärnu, Estonie (syne 1994)^[19]
• Weihai, Shandong, Cheenae (syne 1996)^[19]
• Sidon, Lebanon (syne 2005)
• Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines (syne 2005)
• Volos, Greece (syne 2007)^[20]
• Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (syne 2011)
• Netanya, Israel (syne 2012)

Notes

1. Abkhazie is the subjeck o a territorial dispute atween the Republic o Abkhazie an the Republic o Georgie. The Republic o Abkhazie declarit unthirldom on 23 Julie 1992, bit Georgie continues tae claim it as pairt o its ain sovereign territory. Abkhazie haes beein gien formal recognition as ae free state bi 7 oot o 193 Unitit Naitions memmer states (wi 1 later taen back).