Editing Magadan (section)

==Administrative and municipal status==
Magadan is the [[administrative centre]] of the [[Magadan Oblast]].<ref name="Ref769">Law #1292-OZ</ref> Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is, together with the [[urban-type settlement]]s of [[Sokol, Magadan Oblast|Sokol]] and [[Uptar]], incorporated as the "[[city of federal subject significance|town of oblast significance]] of Magadan"—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Magadan Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref769" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of oblast significance of Magadan is incorporated as '''Magadan Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref770">Law #489-OZ</ref>