Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Administrative district
- Shilkinsky District
- Founded
- first half of, the 18th century
- Elevation
- 490 m (1,610 ft)
- Total
- 13,947
- Estimate january 2014
- 13,292 ( −4.7% )
- Capital of
- Shilkinsky District
- Municipal district
- Shilkinsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Shilkinskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( MSK+6 )
- Postal codes
- 673370, 673399
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 12663
- Area
- 43
- Elevation
- 490
- Time zone
- Irkutsk Time
- Image
- Памятник землякам, павшим в годы Гражданской и В. О. В. Площадь Мира, Шилка, Шилкинский район, Забайкальский край.jpg
- Dialing code
- 30244
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- Commons category
- Shilka
- inception
- 1897-01-01
- postal code
- 673370
- native label
- Шилка
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Shilka (Russian: Шилка, IPA: [ˈʂɨlkə]; Buryat: Шилкэ, Shilke) is a town and the administrative center of Shilkinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the river Shilka, 248 kilometers (154 mi) east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 13,947 (2010 census); 14,748 (2002 census); 18,057 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shilka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.