Editing Sortavala (section)

{{Short description|Town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
|en_name=Sortavala
|ru_name=Сортавала
|other_name=Sortavala
|other_lang=Karelian
|image_skyline=DJI Sortavala 3.jpg
|image_caption=An aerial view of the town center of Sortavala in 2020.
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|website=http://городсортавала.рф/
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'''Sortavala''' ({{langx|ru|Сортавала}}; [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and {{langx|krl|Sortavala}}; {{langx|sv|Sordavala}}), previously known as '''Serdobol''' ({{langx|ru|Сердоболь|label=none}}) until 1918, is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in the [[Republic of Karelia]], Russia, located at the northern tip of [[Lake Ladoga]] near the [[Finland|Finnish]] border, {{convert|246|km}} west of [[Petrozavodsk]], the [[capital city]] of the Republic of Karelia. The closest city on the Finnish side of the border is [[Joensuu]], which is located {{convert|136|km}} from Sortavala. In 2021, the population of Sortavala was 19,215.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://population-hub.com/en/ru/population-of-sortavala-2931.html|title=Population of Sortavala 2022 &#124; Sortavala population - statistics}}</ref>