Satka is a town and the administrative center of Satkinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the western slope of the Southern Ural Mountains on the bank of the Satka River, 190 kilometers (120 mi) from Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 45,178 (2010 census); 49,686 (2002 census); 50,664 (1989 Soviet census).