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Wostok
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Hamlet
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One of the few buildings in the hamlet of Wostok
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 Wostok
Location in Alberta
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 10 |
| Municipal district | Lamont County |
| Elevation | 639 m (2,096 ft) |
| Population
(1991)
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| • Total | 15 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Highways | Highway 45 and Highway 29 |
Wostok (Russian: Восток) is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lamont County. It is located on Range Road 173, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Highway 45 and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Highway 29. Lamont is approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Wostok.
History
Wostok was founded in 1892 as a farming settlement of Slavic immigrants from the provinces of Galicia and Bukovina of Austria-Hungary.
Demographics
Wostok recorded a population of 15 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.
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