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Loukhi

Field	Value
en_name	Loukhi
ru_name	Лоухи
other_name	Louhi
other_lang	Karelian
coordinates
map_label_position	right
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Loukhi.svg
image_flag	Flag of Loukhi.svg
federal_subject	Republic of Karelia
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jur	Loukhsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of	Loukhsky District
adm_ctr_of_ref
inhabloc_cat	Urban-type settlement
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jur	Loukhsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Loukhskoye Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Loukhsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2	Loukhskoye Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census	4772
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1912–1914
current_cat_date	1944
postal_codes	186660
website	http://louhigor.ru

Loukhi (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Loukhsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of , 500 km north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,772.

History

It was founded in 1912–1914 due to the construction of a railroad. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1944.

In 1978, Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was forced to land at the nearby after being attacked by Soviet aircraft.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Loukhi serves as the administrative center of Loukhsky District, of which it is a part. As a municipal division, Loukhi is incorporated within Loukhsky Municipal District as Loukhskoye Urban Settlement.

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