Zhigalovsky District
municipal district in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Zhigalovsky District (Russian: Жига́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Zhigalovsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zhigalovo. Population: 9,340 (2010 census); 10,408 (2002 Census); 11,043 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Zhigalovo accounts for 57.5% of the district's total population.
Geography
The district is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau area. The Ilga and Tutura, tributaries of the Lena River, flow across it. The area of the district is 22,640 square kilometers (8,740 sq mi).
Some of the settlements of the district are Ust-Ilga (Усть-Илга), Konstantinovka (Константиновка), Lukinovo (Лукиново), Bachai (Бачай), Zakharova (Захарова), Timoshino (Тимошино), Butyrina (Бутырина), Kaidakan (Кайдакан), Chikan (Чикан), Tutura (Тутура), Kelora (Келора), Chichek (Чичек), Kachen (Качень), Rudovka (Рудовка), Znamenka (Знаменка), and Nizhnyaya Sloboda (Нижняя Слобода).
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Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1658434. VIAF identifies the subject as 123120936. The Library of Congress control number is n00110207. Authority coordinates are 54.816, 105.149. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002 and 1989.
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