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Bodaybo () is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Bodaybo is a human settlement located in Bodaybinsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It has served as the capital of the district since its inception in 1864. The town is situated at an elevation of approximately 301 to 307 meters above sea level and covers an area of 11 square kilometers. Its local dialing code is 39561, and it operates in the UTC+08:00 time zone.

The settlement has a population of 21,700, though another source lists the figure as 15,933. Bodaybo is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The area has been part of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and currently Russia.

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Place details

Locality
Бодайбо
Region
Иркутская область
Country
Россия
Population
15,933
Timezone
Asia/Irkutsk

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Air quality

18US AQIGood
PM2.5
5.6 µg/m³
PM10
5.7 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Bodaybo
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Бодайбо
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Бодайбо главная улица.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
City of Bodaybo
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top
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of Arms of Bodaibo (Irkutsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Irkutsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Bodaybinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
Bodaybinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Bodaybinsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Bodaybinskoye Urban Settlement
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Bodabinsky Municipal District
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Bodaybinskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
15340
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1864
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1925
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
666900–666902, 666904

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Vitim event
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Transportation
  • Climate
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • External links

Bodaybo () is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

== Geography == The town is located in the Patom Highlands, on the right bank of the Vitim River at its confluence with the Bodaybo River. Besides Bodaybo, some of the settlements of the district are Aprilsk, Artyomovsky, Balakhninsky, Kropotkin, Mamakan, Svetly, Vasilievsky, Perevoz and Bolshoy Patom.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bodaybo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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