Kyakhta

For the place in Turkey, see Kâhta.
Kyakhta
Кяхта
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • BuryatХяагта
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View of the town
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Flag
Coat of arms of Kyakhta
Coat of arms
Location of Kyakhta
Map
Kyakhta is located in Russia
Kyakhta
Kyakhta
Location of Kyakhta
Kyakhta is located in Republic of Buryatia
Kyakhta
Kyakhta
Kyakhta (Republic of Buryatia)
Coordinates: 50°21′00″N 106°27′00″E / 50.35000°N 106.45000°E / 50.35000; 106.45000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBuryatia[1]
Administrative districtKyakhtinsky District[1]
TownKyakhta[1]
Founded1728[2]
Town status since1805
Government
 • MayorValery Tsyrempilov
Elevation
760 m (2,490 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total20,024
 • Capital ofKyakhtinsky District,[1] Town of Kyakhta[1]
 • Municipal districtKyakhtinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementKyakhta Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofKyakhtinsky Municipal District,[4] Kyakhta Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
671840, 671842, 671843
Dialing code(s)+7 30142
OKTMO ID81633101001

Kyakhta (Russian: Кя́хта, [ˈkʲæxtə]; Buryat: Хяагта, romanized: Khiaagta, [ˈçæːχtə]; Mongolian: Хиагт, romanized: Hiagt, [ˈçæχtʰ]) is a town and the administrative center of Kyakhtinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia–Russia border. The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag. Population: 20,041 (2010 Census);[3] 18,391 (2002 Census);[7] 18,307 (1989 Soviet census).[8] From 1727 it was the border crossing for the Kyakhta trade between Russia and China.[9]

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  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kiakhta" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 782.