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{{Short description|Town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
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|ru_name  = Соль-Илецк
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|urban_okrug_jur=[[Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug]]
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'''Sol-Iletsk''' ({{langx|ru|Соль-Иле́цк}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Orenburg Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the right bank of the [[Ilek River]] ([[Ural River|Ural]]'s [[tributary]]), {{convert|77|km|sp=us}} south of [[Orenburg]], the [[administrative center]] of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|28,377|;}} {{ru-census2002|26,883|;}} {{su-census1989|23,836|;}} 22,000 (1975); 11,802 (1897).

The climate is arid, sharply continental.

==History==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Iletsk project (1854).png|left|thumb|Coat of arms (1865)]]
It was founded in the 17th century as a [[Cossacks|Cossack]] settlement.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} In the mid-18th century, it was renamed '''Iletskaya Zashchita''' ({{lang|ru|Илецкая защита}}) due to the construction of fortifications.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} The name was then changed to '''Iletsk''' ({{lang|ru|Илецк}}) in the 19th century. In 1945, the town was given its present name.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} A thick bed of [[halite|rocksalt]] is worked near this town<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |inline=y |wstitle=Iletsk |volume=14 |page=299}}</ref> (hence, the word "{{lang|ru|соль}}" (''sol'') in the town's name, which means "salt" in Russian). The place has also been known as a [[balneotherapy|balneological]] resort for its [[mineral water]]s, salt, mud, and [[brine]] baths, and its [[kumis]] cures.<ref name=EB1911/>

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Sol-Iletsk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Sol-Iletsky District]],<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|53 244}}</ref> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="OKATO2">{{OKATO reference|53 425}}</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[[City of federal subject significance|Town]] of Sol-Iletsk'''<ref name="Ref124">Law #1370/276-IV-OZ</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Orenburg Oblast|districts]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the territories of the Town of Sol-Iletsk and of [[Sol-Iletsky District]] are incorporated as [[Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug]].<ref name="OrenburgOSol-IletskyUO">Law #3028/833-V-OZ</ref>

==Penitentiary facilities==
Sol-Iletsk houses what is commonly called the [[Black Dolphin Prison]].<ref>"[http://www.fsin.su/territory/Orenburg/structure.php Структурные подразделения]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120605222038/http://fsin.su/territory/Orenburg/structure.php Archive]) [[Federal Penitentiary Service]] Orenburg Region. Retrieved on April 28, 2012.</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ore|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ore|adm|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ore|mun|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ore|mun|list|sol-iletsky}}

{{Orenburg Oblast}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Orenburg Oblast]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1754]]
[[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Orenburg Oblast]]