Tashanta

Village Tashanta Tashant Federal district Siberia republic Altai Rajon Kosh-Agach population 550 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 2100  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38842 Post Code 649787 License Plate 04 OKATO 84 210 864 001 Geographical location Coordinates 49 ° 43 '  N , 89 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '47 "  N , 89 ° 11' 10"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Altai Republic

Taschanta ( Russian Ташанта ) is a mountain village in the Russian part of the Altai , near the border with Mongolia . It lies on a plateau in the headwaters of the Chuja River, a tributary of the Katun , below the Durbet Daba pass ( 2482  m ), and belongs to the Kosch-Agach district .

Tashtanta is the only village in the rural municipality of Tashantinskoje selkoje posselenije and has 550 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The place is of regional importance as a border town and station on the R256 trunk road . This road, also known as Tschujatrakt ( Чуйский тракт / Tschuiski trakt ), coming from Novosibirsk , past Barnaul and Gorno-Altaisk opens up the northern parts of the Russian and Mongolian Altai and follows the route of an old mule track near the pass.

Near the road 8 km northwest of Taschanta old petroglyphs can be seen on a smooth rock wall , which depict the hunt for mountain sheep and ibex.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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)
2. ↑ Photo at Panoramio