Chilok

Federal district	far East
region	Transbaikalia
Rajon	Chilok
head	Vladimir Kudrik
Founded	1895
City since	1951
surface	61 km²
population	11,539 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	189 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	800 m
Time zone	UTC + 9
Telephone code	(+7) 30237
Post Code	673200
License Plate	75, 80
OKATO	76 247 501
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 21 ' N , 110 ° 27' E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '0 " N , 110 ° 27' 0" E
	Situation in Russia
	Location in the Transbaikalia region
	List of cities in Russia

Chilok ( Russian Хилок ) is a city in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 11,539 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Chilok train station

The city lies between the Zagan-Churtei ridge and the Jablonowy Mountains , about 260 km west of the regional capital Chita , on the Chilok River , a right tributary of the Selenga .

The city of Chilok is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

Chilok is a station of the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 5934 from Moscow ). The M55 Irkutsk- Chita road runs through the city .

history

Chilok was created in 1895 during the construction of the Transbaikal section of the Trans-Siberian Railway and developed as a station settlement after its opening in 1900. The place was named after the river (of Evenki kilka for grinding stone ). In 1951 Chilok received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	14,836
1959	15,855
1970	12,818
1979	14,203
1989	13,858
2002	11,152
2010	11,539

Note: census data

Culture and sights

A Paleolithic settlement was excavated near the village of Gyrschelun (15 km east, railway station) .

economy

In Chilok, as the center of an agricultural area, there are companies in the food industry, as well as woodworking and railway workshops.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Chilok on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)


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