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Kyakhta

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.

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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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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