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 Irkutsk is the centre of Irkutsk Region and the Irkutsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Irkutsk: in 1661, city status in 1686. 4 urban districts.
Geographic Coordinates of Irkutsk: 52°18′N 104°17′E; located on the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain, near the inflow of the Irkut River into the Angara River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total area of Irkutsk: 301 km2.
Population of Irkutsk: 250 000 (1939); 366 000 (1959); 626 100 (1989); 592 400 (1999); 578 100 (2006).
Renamings: no.
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 Irkutsk Region's area is 767 900 square kilometres. Irkutsk Region's population is 2 616 000 inhabitants. The administrative center is Irkutsk.
Irkutsk Region is located n the south of Eastern Siberia. Most of the territory is located on the southeastern part of the Central Siberian Plateau in the basins of the Angara and Lena, and surrounded by the Eastern Sayan Mountains on the south, Prebaikalia, the Primorsky and the Baikal ridges on the south-east, Severobaikalskoye and Patomskoye uplands on the north-east. The climate is strongly continental
Winter is cold, dry, long, the average temperature in January is −20 °C.
Spring is late, dry, short, and windy.
Summer is warm, the average temperature in July is +20 °C.
Autumn is early and warm.
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Irkutsky District of Irkutsk Region is located in the southern part of Irkutsk Region.
Its development owes to the geographll location. On the one hand, it is a suburban area of the region's capital, which offers benefits versus other rural areas, on the other hand - this is the area of Lake Baikal's shoreline.
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Irkutsky District extends about 130 km from west to east and about 130 km from north to south. It has a total area of 1 132 400 ha. The territory of the district adjoins the basin of Baikal on the west. The main water artery is Angara river.
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Katangsky District of Irkutsk Region is located in the northern part of Irkutsk Region, total area of the district is 139 043 km2 (or 14 mln hectares) which is the fifth part of Irkutsk Region.
The Katangsky District borders on the Evenkysky Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsky Krai in the north and the north-west, on Yakutia in the north and the north-east, on the Ust-Kutsky District of Irkutsk Region, the Nizhneilimsky District of Irkutsk Region, the Kirensky Distict of Irkutsk Region in the south.
The territory of the Katangsky District is located on the Middle-Siberian Plateau. The district lies north and south 58° N to 64° N, west and east from 140° E to 110° E. The landscape is represented by a billowy plateau, but the territory of the New Tungusska abounds in Siberian volcanogenic trapps include bald mountains, rocks, ridges.
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 There are points on geographical maps and the Earth's globe you can easily find, find at first sight. These are estuaries of great rivers, capes of continents, archipelagoes which are permanent landmarks on the Earth. One of these well-defined points is Listvyanka settlement. It is easy to explain the location of the settlement near the source of the Angara River, the only river flowing from Lake Baikal, to any foreigner.
In serious documents and scientific literature this municipal unit of the Irkutsky District is commonly named Listvenichnoe urban-type settlement, but people lovingly call it Listvyanka, you can see the same name on the sign with settlement name when you enter the settlement.
Attentive traveler and tourist are always taken aback by simplicity and accuracy of geographical names given by pioneers of Siberia. All people know a larch-tree (Russian word “Listvennitsa”), an ancient, nearly epibiotic and beautiful coniferous tree which grows on rock, windy slopes and loses its leaves in the fall. It is a very valuable tree good for log construction, poles of Baikal piers and getting firm from water and time! This tree gave this place the name.
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 Nizhneudinsk is a city of the district subordination, the centre of the Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Nizhneudinsk: in 1648, incorporated in 1783.
Town of City Subordination: Alzamai.
Geographic Coordinates of Nizhneudinsk: 54° 56' N, 98° 58' E, located at the foot of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, on the Uda River in the basin of the Yenisei River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total Area of Nizhneudinsk: 98 km2.
Population of Nizhneudinsk: 10 400 (1926); 38 800 (1959); 43 700(1989); 43 200 (1998); 38 400 (2006).
Renamings: no.
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Geographical Setting of Nukutsky District of Irkutsk Region
The Nukutsky District of Irkutsk Region is located in the south-western part of Irkutsk Region and is an administrative division of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug. The District borders on the Balagansky District of Irkutsk Region in the north, the Alarsky District of Irkutsk Region in the south-east, the Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Region in the south-west and the Ziminsky District of Irkutsk Region in the west. The District is bounded on the east by the Bratsk Reservoir.
The total area of the Nukutsky District of Irkutsk Region is 2400 square km.
Population of Nukutsky District of Irkutsk Region
Total Population of the Nukutsky District as of 1.01.2008 is 16 925 inhabitants. Average population is 483 inhabitants for a settlement, Average population of rural administration is 1 693 inhabitants.
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 Tulun is a city of region subordination and the centre of the Tulunsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Tulun: in the second half of the eighteenth century; incorporated in 1922-1924 and in 1927.
Geographic Coordinates of Tulun: 54° 37' N, 100° 28' E, located on the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain, on the Iya River, in the basin of the Angara River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total Area of Tulun: 135 km2.
Population of Tulun: 28 000(1939); 41 800 (1959); 52 900 (1989); 53 700. (1998); 49 400 (2006).
Renamings: no.
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 Usolye-Sibirskoye is a town of region subordination and the centre of the Usolsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Usolye-Sibirskoye: в 1669, town status in 1925.
Geographic Coordinates of Usolye-Sibirskoye: 52°50′N 103°34′E; located on the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain, on the left side of the Angara River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total Area of Usolye-Sibirskoye: 73 km2.
Population of Usolye-Sibirskoye: 20 000 (1939); 48 500 (1959); 106 600 (1989); 104 300 (1998); 86 900 (2006).
Renamings: Usolye (1669-1940)
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 Ust-Kut is a town of region subordination and the centre of the Ust-Kutsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Ust-Kut: in 1631; town status in 1954.
Geographic Coordinates of Ust-Kut: 56° 46' N, 105° 40' E, located on the Leno-Angarsk Plateau, near the inflow of the Kut River into the Lena River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total Area of Ust-Kut: 56 km2.
Population of Ust-Kut: 21 300. (1959); 61 100 (1989); 59 600 (1998); 46 600 (2006).
Renamings: no.
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 Uzury is the first bay from Khoboy Cape,a flat valley on eastern part of Olkhon Island.
It is the only place on the north of Olkhon where automobile road comes down to the water.
There is a small settlement Usuzy on the shore of Baikal where a permanent weather station is located. If you go up the hill to the right you can see magnificent views of Lake Baikal, the northern part of Olkhon Island and the Maloe More Strait after 1,5 or 2 hours. It is better to go up the path along the shore of Lake Baikal and, then, the ridge of the rocks. When the ridge becomes narrow, it is better to pass on the left side of grassy rock slope. It is better to go down to the Uzury Valley or a path on the Baikal shore through a forest.
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Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Region was established in 1925 and consisted of 19 Selsoviets (local councils). At the present time the territory of the Zalarinsky District is divided into 15 internal municipal units: 13 rural administrations and 2 semi-rural administrations. There are all 70 settlements in the Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Region, which average population is 284 inhabitants.
The Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Region is located at the south-western part of Irkutsk Region and takes up 7 600 square kilometers or 1 % of Irkutsk Region.
The Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Region has favorable geographical location, the Trans-Siberian Railway and the road Krasnoyarsk – Irkutsk pass through the territory of the District. The distance from Zalari settlement to Irkutsk , the regional centre is 202 km by motor road and 195 km by railroad.
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Zhigalovsky District of Irkutsk Region was established in 1925. Total area is 22 800 km2. The District was performed as a municipal unit after adoption of the Charter of the municipal unit “Zhigalovsky District of Irkutsk Region” from November 19, 1999.
The district centre, Zhigalovo Settlement, is located 400 km on the north-east from Irkutsk, the regional centre, and on the left shore of the Lena River. There are 40 settlements located 5 -110 km from the regional centre. The Zhigalovsky District of Irkutsk Region borders on 5 district of Irkutsk Region: the Kachugsky District, the Ust-Kutsky District, the Kazachinsko-Lensky District, the Ust-Udinsky District and the Osinsky District. You can get to these districts and the regional centre by automobile. There are the following enterprises which are important for stabilization socioeconomic situation in the Zhigalovsky District: branches of Federal State Institution “Lenskoe GBU VP & S and Zhigalovsky ship-building yard” and OGUP DSIO, “Zhigalovsky wood division”, Ust-Uda seismic prospecting crew, RUSIA Petroleum Joint Stock Co., oil and gas drilling companies.
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 Zima is a town of region subordination and the centre of the Ziminsky District of Irkutsk Region.
Foundation of Zima: in 1743; town status in1922.
Geographic Coordinates of Zima: 53°55′N 102°03′E; located on the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain, on the Oka River, a tributary of the Angara River, near the inflow of the Oka River into the Zima River.
Zone Standard Time: MSD (Moscow Daylight Time) +5 hours
Total Area of Zima: 54 km2.
Population of Zima: 26 800 (1939); 38 500 (1959); 41 800 (1989); 36 900 (1998); 34 100 (2006).
Renamings: no.
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