Shagonar

Shagonar
Шагонар
Other transcription(s)
  TuvanШагаан-Арыг
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Shagonar
Location of Shagonar
Shagonar
Shagonar (Tuva Republic)
Coordinates: 51°33′N 92°46′E / 51.550°N 92.767°E / 51.550; 92.767
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTuva
Administrative districtUlug-Khemsky District
Town under district jurisdictionShagonar
Known since1888
Town status since1945
Elevation
560 m (1,840 ft)
Population
  Total
10,956
  Capital ofUlug-Khemsky District, Shagonar Town Under District Jurisdiction
  Municipal districtUlug-Khemsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementShagonar Urban Settlement
  Capital ofUlug-Khemsky Municipal District, Shagonar Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 )
Postal code(s)
668210, 668218
OKTMO ID93654101001
Shagonar population
2010 Census10,956
2002 Census11,008
1989 Census10,084
1979 Census5,455

Shagonar (Russian: Шагона́р; Tuvan: Шагаан-Арыг, romanized: Şagân-Arıg) is a town and the administrative center of Ulug-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Yenisei River, 124 kilometers (77 mi) west of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,956.