Khilok
Хилок
Town[1]
Location of Khilok
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Khilok is located in Russia
Khilok
Khilok
Location of Khilok
Khilok is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Khilok
Khilok
Khilok (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 51°21′N 110°27′E / 51.350°N 110.450°E / 51.350; 110.450
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative districtKhiloksky District[1]
Founded1895
Town status since1951
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total11,539
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
10,607 (−8.1%)
 • Capital ofKhiloksky District[1]
 • Municipal districtKhiloksky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementKhilokskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofKhiloksky Municipal District,[5] Khilokskoye Urban Settlement[6]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
673200, 673201
Dialing code(s)+7 30237
OKTMO ID76647101001

Khilok (Russian: Хилок, IPA: [xʲɪˈlok]; Buryat: Хёолго, Khyoolgo; Mongolian: Хилго, Khilgo) is a town and the administrative center of Khiloksky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Khilok River, a right-hand tributary of the Selenga, 261 kilometers (162 mi) west of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 11,539 (2010 Census);[2] 11,152 (2002 Census);[9] 13,858 (1989 Census).[10]

History

Cossack expeditions had explored the region since the middle of the 17th century; however, the large populations of Buryats and Evenks deterred the Cossacks from founding a permanent settlement. Peter the Great granted wide autonomy to the local princes, and the region was not colonized by Russians until the end of the 19th century when the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began.

The modern settlement of Khilok was founded in 1895 as a works base around the newly constructed railway station at the Khilok River, the river's name deriving from an Evenk word meaning whetstone.[citation needed] The local section of the Trans-Siberian Railway opened in 1900. Khilok was granted town status in 1951.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khilok serves as the administrative center of Khiloksky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Khilok, together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Khiloksky Municipal District as Khilokskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Climate

Climate data for Khilok (extremes 1936-present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −1.0
(30.2) 		6.4
(43.5) 		19.5
(67.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		34.8
(94.6) 		38.2
(100.8) 		38.9
(102.0) 		37.5
(99.5) 		32.2
(90.0) 		26.1
(79.0) 		12.4
(54.3) 		5.5
(41.9) 		38.9
(102.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −16.4
(2.5) 		−8.9
(16.0) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		9.1
(48.4) 		17.4
(63.3) 		24.0
(75.2) 		25.7
(78.3) 		22.7
(72.9) 		15.9
(60.6) 		6.0
(42.8) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−14.9
(5.2) 		6.2
(43.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −24.3
(−11.7) 		−18.9
(−2.0) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		1.0
(33.8) 		8.4
(47.1) 		14.9
(58.8) 		17.7
(63.9) 		14.8
(58.6) 		7.3
(45.1) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		−12.9
(8.8) 		−21.4
(−6.5) 		−2.0
(28.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −31.1
(−24.0) 		−27.7
(−17.9) 		−18.2
(−0.8) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		5.9
(42.6) 		10.2
(50.4) 		8.2
(46.8) 		0.6
(33.1) 		−8.0
(17.6) 		−19.1
(−2.4) 		−27.5
(−17.5) 		−9.4
(15.0)
Record low °C (°F) −49.9
(−57.8) 		−51.0
(−59.8) 		−47.1
(−52.8) 		−38.9
(−38.0) 		−18.3
(−0.9) 		−8.7
(16.3) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		−19.3
(−2.7) 		−32.6
(−26.7) 		−41.4
(−42.5) 		−48.8
(−55.8) 		−51.0
(−59.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.0
(0.20) 		4.0
(0.16) 		5.6
(0.22) 		13.7
(0.54) 		30.6
(1.20) 		58.8
(2.31) 		85.4
(3.36) 		93.0
(3.66) 		48.7
(1.92) 		13.4
(0.53) 		11.2
(0.44) 		9.1
(0.36) 		378.5
(14.9)
Source: pogoda.ru.net[11]


Transportation

The town is a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Law #317-ZZK
  5. ^ Law #316-ZZK
  6. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 76 647 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 76 647 101. ).
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  11. ^ "Климат Хилка" (in Russian). Retrieved January 1, 2023.

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