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Also known as Novoturukhansk, Monastyrskoye village

Turukhansk () ( Turks/Turkic people of Russia) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of Krasnoyarsk, at the confluence of the Yenisey and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. Until 1924, the town was known as Monastyrskoye, and from 1924 to 1930 as Novo-Turukhansk.

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Place details

Locality
Туруханск
Region
Красноярский край
Country
Россия
Population
4,774
Timezone
Asia/Krasnoyarsk

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Turukhansk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Туруханск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
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Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
View of the pier from Turukhansk
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Flag of Turukhansk (Krasnoyarsk krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of Arms of Turukhansk (Krasnoyarsk krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Turukhansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
rural locality
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
(a selo)
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Turukhansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_ref
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Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1657
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
663230, 663231
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
39190

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Population
3178
Elevation
7
Image
Turukhansk 03.jpg
Dialing code
39190
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Commons category
Turukhansk
postal code
663231
inception
1660-01-01
native label
Туруханск
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Climate
  • References

Turukhansk () ( Turks/Turkic people of Russia) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of Krasnoyarsk, at the confluence of the Yenisey and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. Until 1924, the town was known as Monastyrskoye, and from 1924 to 1930 as Novo-Turukhansk.

It is not to be confused with , known as Turukhansk until 1920.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turukhansk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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