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Selenginsk (Russian: Селенги́нск; Buryat: Сэлэнгын, Selengyn, Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ, Selenge) 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.[2]

BuryatСэлэнгын
CountryRussia
Founded1961
Elevation
478 m (1,568 ft)
Quick facts Селенгинск, Other transcription(s) ...
Selenginsk
Селенгинск
Other transcription(s)
  BuryatСэлэнгын
Stroiteley Avenue is the central street of Selenginsk
Stroiteley Avenue is the central street of Selenginsk
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Selenginsk is located in Russia
Selenginsk
Selenginsk
Location of Selenginsk
Selenginsk is located in Republic of Buryatia
Selenginsk
Selenginsk
Selenginsk (Republic of Buryatia)
Coordinates: 52°01′N 106°52′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBuryatia[1]
Administrative districtKabansky District[1]
Urban-type settlementSelsovietSelenginsk Urban-Type Settlement[1]
Founded1961
Elevation
478 m (1,568 ft)
Population
  Total
14,546
  Estimate 
(2025)
13,075 (−10.1%)
  Capital ofSelenginsk Urban-Type Settlement
  Municipal districtKabansky Municipal District[3]
  Urban settlementSelenginskoye Urban Settlement[3]
  Capital ofSelenginskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code[6]
671247
OKTMO ID81624163051
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Selenginsk population
2010 Census14,546[2]
2002 Census16,326[7]
1989 Census15,233[8]
1979 Census13,000[9]
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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[1] (an administrative division of the district).[10] As a municipal division, Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Selenginskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

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

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