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Shkotovo


Coordinates: 43°19′N 132°21′E / 43.317°N 132.350°E / 43.317; 132.350

Shkotovo (Russian: Шко́тово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and a railway station in Shkotovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 5,038 (2010 Census);5,348 (2002 Census);7,721 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1865 as a village at the mouth of the Tsymukhe River (now Shkotovka River) on the Ussuri Bay and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1931. It is named after Nikolay Shkot.

There are a car repair service, a tinned food plant, a dairy factory in Shkotovo.


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