Kaltan () is a

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, located on the

Kondoma River The Kondoma (; ) is a river in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is left tributary of the Tom. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The towns of Tashtagol, Osinniki and Kaltan are situated by the Kondoma. Its main tributaries are the Mundybash, T ...

, south of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka River, Iskitimka and Tom ...

, the

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of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1946 and was granted

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status in 1950 and town status in 1959.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as Kaltan Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, Kaltan Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kaltansky Urban Okrug.Law #104-OZ

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External links

Official website of Kaltan

Kaltan Business Directory
Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast Populated places established in 1946 Former urban-type settlements of Kemerovo Oblast {{KemerovoOblast-geo-stub