Zakamensk

Zakamensk (; , Zahaamin; before 1959 – Gorodok) is a city of a regional significance in Russia, administration center of Zakamensky District of the Republic of Buryatia. Since 2015 the city has an honorary international title "The city of Labor Valor and Glory"

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Zakamensk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Закаменск
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Захаамин
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Buryat
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Zakamensk.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Zakamensk town center
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Republic of Buryatia
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Zakamensky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Zakamensk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1

Article

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Contents

History
Mining village
Gorodok
During the post-war period
Post-Soviet times
Geography
Location
Ecology
Environmental issues
Measures to eliminate sources of environmental problems
Administrative and municipal status
History of the municipal divisions
Economy and transportation
References
Notes
Sources

==History== The history of the city has close ties with the history and development of deposits of tungsten and molybdenum in the Dzhida ore node and the production of tungsten and molybdenum concentrate at the Dzhidinsky mining and processing plant.