Satka
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| Administrative status (as of June 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Satkinsky District |
| Town | Satka |
| Administrative center of | Satkinsky District, Town of Satka |
| Municipal status (as of June 2014) | |
| Municipal district | Satkinsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Satkinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Satkinsky Municipal District, Satkinskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 45,178 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | November 19, 1758 |
| Postal code(s) | 456910, 456912–4556915, 456918 |
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Satka (Russian: Са́тка) is a town and the administrative center of Satkinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the western slope of the Southern Ural Mountains on the bank of the Satka River, 190 kilometers (120 mi) from Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 45,178 (2010 Census);49,686 (2002 Census);50,664 (1989 Census).
It was founded on November 19, 1758 as an iron mining factory.Magnesite, a mineral essential to the manufacture of refractory brick used in blast furnaces, was discovered there.
In the beginning of XX century in Satka lived up to 10 thousand people. Among them are many alien people. Reached out to work the old believers of different sects and persuasions (the Austrians, the Pomorians, precedency, filippovtsy, fedoseevtsy etc.). There were two churches, two schools, post office, Telegraph, hospital, consumer society, two 46 industrial and commercial enterprises.
In 1824 the city was visited by Emperor Alexander I, which has a positive impact on further development of production. By the end of XIX century there were two blast furnaces, between the mechanical workshop and foundry in laid track. The Soviet government inherited a large production. In 1928 Satka became an urban-type settlement, and in 1937 — a city district, and since 1957 — of regional subordination.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Satka serves as the administrative center of Satkinsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Satkinsky District as the Town of Satka. As a municipal division, the Town of Satka is incorporated within Satkinsky Municipal District as Satkinskoye Urban Settlement.
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