Selenginsk
title: "Selenginsk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-buryatia", "populated-places-in-kabansky-district", "monotowns-in-russia", "populated-places-established-in-1961"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenginsk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Selenginsk |
| ru_name | Селенгинск |
| loc_name1 | Сэлэнгын |
| loc_lang1 | Buryat |
| image_skyline | SelenginskProspektStroiteley.jpg |
| image_caption | Stroiteley Avenue is the central street of Selenginsk |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| federal_subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Kabansky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Urban-type settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Kabansky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Selenginskoye Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Selenginskoye Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 14546 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1961 |
| postal_codes | 671247 |
| :: |
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Selenginsk is incorporated within Kabansky District as Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement (an administrative division of the district). As a municipal division, Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Selenginskoye Urban Settlement.
Transportation
Selenginsk stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Trans-Siberian Highway.
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References
- {{OKTMO reference. 81 624 163
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
- Resolution #431
- Law #2433-III
- Law #985-III
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