Zhigansk

Zhigansk (; ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River near where it is joined by its tributary the Nuora (Strekalovka), approximately northwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. Population:

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Place details

Locality: Жиганск
Region: Республика Саха (Якутия)
Country: Россия
Population: 3,237
Timezone: Asia/Yakutsk

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Zhigansk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Жиганск
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Эдьигээн
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Sakha
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Круиз Якутск - Ленские столбы - Тикси - Якутск, 2017 (142).jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Nikolskaya Church of Zhigansk
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Zhiganskiy nasleg (Yakutia).gif
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Zhigansky (Yakutia).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Sakha Republic
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Zhigansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Zhigansky Rural Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Rural okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Zhigansky Rural Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Rural locality
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type: Selo
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Zhigansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.rural_settlement_jur: Zhigansky Rural Settlement

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Эдьигээн
Population: 3382
Elevation: 60
Image: Zhigansk-060.jpg
Dialing code: 41164

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Commons category: Zhigansk
inception: 1632-01-01
postal code: 678330

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==History== It was founded in 1632 as an ostrog by Cossacks led by Pyotr Beketov. In 1783, Zhigansk was granted town status and made the seat of a newly created uyezd within Yakutsk Oblast. It lost this function in 1805 with the dissolution of the uyezd, but remained the most northerly town on the Lena until 1917, when it was demoted to rural status.