Orotukan

Orotukan
Оротука́н
Orotukan, 2021
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Orotukan
Location of Orotukan
Orotukan
Orotukan (Magadan Oblast)
Coordinates: 62°15′52″N 151°40′13″E / 62.2645°N 151.6703°E / 62.2645; 151.6703
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMagadan Oblast
Administrative districtYagodninsky District
Founded1930
Population
 • Total
1,531
 • Estimate 
(2024)
858 (−44%)
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
Postal code
686210
OKTMO ID44722000071

Orotukan (Russian: Оротука́н) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Yagodninsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located in the Kolyma region about 300 kilometers (190 mi) north of Magadan, on the right bank of the Orotukan River (a tributary of the Kolyma). Its population has declined since the fall of the Soviet Union: 1,531 (2010 census); 2,760 (2002 census); 5,638 (1989 Soviet census).