Tashtagol

Tashtagol (Russian: Таштаго́л; Shor: Таштағол, romanized: Taştağol) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Kondoma River 511 kilometers (318 mi) south of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast.

Tashtagol Таштагол
Town[1]
View of Ust-Shalym Microdistrict of Tashtagol
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Tashtagol
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Coordinates: 52°46′N 87°52′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded	1939
Town status since	1963
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	23,134
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Tashtagolsky District,[1] Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Tashtagolsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Tashtagolsky Municipal District,[3] Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	652990–652993, 652999
OKTMO ID	32627101001

History

It was founded in 1939 as a mining settlement and was granted town status in 1963.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tashtagol serves as the administrative center of Tashtagolsky District, even though is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Tashtagolsky Municipal District as Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement.^[3]

Population

Population: 23,134 (2010 Census);^[2] 23,363 (2002 Census);^[6] 26,274 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]