Shilka ( rus, Шилка, p=ˈʂɨlkə; bua, Шилкэ, ''Shilke'') is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Shilkinsky District
Shilkinsky District (russian: Шилкинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Kra ...
in
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
, located on the river
Shilka, east of
Chita, the administrative center of the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relat ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in the first half of the 18th century and granted town status in 1951.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shilka serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Shilkinsky District
Shilkinsky District (russian: Шилкинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Kra ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai''] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of Shilka, together with one rural locality (the ''
selo'' of
Mitrofanovo), is incorporated within Shilkinsky Municipal District as Shilkinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #317-ZZK]
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Cities and towns in Zabaykalsky Krai
18th-century establishments in the Russian Empire