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Key facts
- Tuvan
- Чадаана
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Tuva
- Administrative district
- Dzun-Khemchiksky District
- Town under district jurisdiction selsovi
- Chadan
- Elevation
- 810 m (2,660 ft)
- Total
- 9,035
- Estimate 2021
- 9,732 ( +7.7% )
- Capital of
- Dzun-Khemchiksky District, Chadan Town Under District Jurisdiction
- Municipal district
- Dzun-Khemchiksky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Chadan Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( MSK+4 )
- Postal codes
- 668110, 668111, 668118
- Dialing code
- +7 39434
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Encyclopedic overview
Chadan (Russian: Чада́н; Tuvan: Чадаана, Çadaana) is a town and the administrative center of Dzun-Khemchiksky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located on the Chadan River (in the Yenisei's basin), 224 kilometers (139 mi) west of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,035. The former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was born in Chadan.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chadan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.