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Country
  
Administrative district
  
Federal subject
  
Republic of Buryatia

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Urban-type settlement
  
Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement

Administrative center of
  
Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement

Municipal district
  
Kabansky Municipal District

Selenginsk (Russian: Селенги́нск; Buryat: Сэлэнгын, Selengyn) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located at the head of the Selenga River delta about 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Lake Baikal and about 50 kilometers (31 mi) northwest of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 14,546.

Contents

Map of Selenginsk, Buryatia, Russia

History

It was established in 1961 as a Komsomol project around a paper mill. In post-Soviet times the paper mill was seen as a major source of pollution.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Selenginsk is incorporated within Kabansky District as Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement (an administrative division of the district). As a municipal division, Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Selenginskoye Urban Settlement.

Transportation

Selenginsk stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Trans-Siberian Highway.

References

Selenginsk Wikipedia


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