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Kyakhta
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Kyakhta (, ; , ; , ) 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: From 1727 it was the border crossing for the Kyakhta trade between Russia and China.
Kyakhta is a Russian town on the Mongolia–Russia border that served as the main trade crossing between Russia and China starting in 1727. Today it is the administrative center of its district in the Republic of Buryatia, located across from the Mongolian town of Altanbulag.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Kyakhta
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Кяхта
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Хяагта
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Buryat
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Kyahta.s gory.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of the town
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Kyakhta (Buryatia) (1861).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Kyakhta (Buryatia).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Buryatia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Kyakhtinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Kyakhta
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Kyakhtinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Town of Kyakhta
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Kyakhtinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Kyakhta Urban Settlement
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Кяхта
- Population
- 17758
- Area
- 28
- Elevation
- 760
- Official website
- mo-kyakhta.bur.eis1.ru
- Image
- Kyachta general view.jpg
- Dialing code
- 30142
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- postal code
- 671840
- Commons category
- Kyakhta
- inception
- 1727-01-01
- native label
- Хяагта
- P8168
- Rondeletia
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Kyakhta Pidgin
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Culture
- Climate
- Town name in other languages
- International relations
- Twin towns - sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Kyakhta (, ; , ; , ) 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: From 1727 it was the border crossing for the Kyakhta trade between Russia and China.
==Etymology== The Buryat name means place covered with couch grass, and is derived from Mongolian word , meaning couch grass.
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