Cheremkhovo

For other places with the same name, see Cheremkhovo (inhabited locality).

Cheremkhovo (Russian: Черемхо́во, IPA: [tɕɪrʲɪmˈxovə]; Buryat: Шэрэмхэ, Şeremkhe) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Cheremkhovo Черемхово
Town[1]
Cheremkhovo at night
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Location of Cheremkhovo
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Coordinates: 53°09′N 103°05′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast[2]
Founded	1772
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	52,647
• Rank	310th in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Cheremkhovo[1]
• Capital of	Cheremkhovsky District,[1] Town of Cheremkhovo[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Cheremkhovo Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Cheremkhovo Urban Okrug,[4] Cheremkhovsky Municipal District[5]
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	665400
OKTMO ID	25745000001
Website	admcher.ru

History

Cheremkhovo was founded in 1772.^[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Cheremkhovo serves as the administrative center of Cheremkhovsky District,^[1] even though it is not a part of it.^{[citation needed]} As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Cheremkhovo^[2]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^{[citation needed]} As a municipal division, the Town of Cheremkhovo is incorporated as Cheremkhovo Urban Okrug.^[4]

Economy

The town is one of the coal-mining towns in the Irkutsk coal basin.

Notable people

• Uladzimir Mackievič (born 1956), Belarusian philosopher, social and political activist, political prisoner^[9]