
Baykal (port) () is a
rural locality (a settlement) in
Slyudyansky District
Slyudyansky District () is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Slyudyansky Municipal District.Law #72-oz The area of the district is . Its admi ...
of
Irkutsk Oblast
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,
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, located near
Lake Baikal
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on the left bank of the
Angara River, south of
Irkutsk
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, the
administrative center
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of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
Baykal (port) had
work settlement status until February 1, 2014, when it was demoted to a rural locality.
[Law #11-OZ]
Transportation
The town is the terminus of the
Circum-Baikal Railway. There is an
automobile ferry to
Listvyanka, a work settlement on the opposite side of the river.
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Rural localities in Irkutsk Oblast
Populated places on Lake Baikal