Khuzhir
Khuzhir is a rural locality in Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the west side of the Olkhon Island, the largest island in Lake Baikal. Population: 1,251 ; 1,148 ; 1,219 . Until June 2014, it had work settlement status.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: rural locality on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal
- Also known as: “Khuzhir, Irkutsk Oblast”, “Khuzhirtuy”, and “Khuzhirtuyskiy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olkhon and cape Burkhan.
Olkhon
Photo: Simon Matzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olkhon is by far the largest island in Lake Baikal, and one of the real jewels of Siberia. With its amazingly diverse landscape and a vibrant culture that even the Soviets couldn't quite suppress, this island practically begs for a spot on your Siberian itinerary.
cape Burkhan
Cliff
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaman Rock, Cape Burhan, or Shamanka is a rock, on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. It is in Pribaikalsky National Park, and is near Khuzhir, the largest city on Olkhon Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kharantsy.
Kharantsy
Hamlet
Photo: Елена Биркина, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kharantsy is a village in Olkhonsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 7 km to the north from the municipal unit centre, village Khuzhir. Kharantsy is situated 6 km northeast of Khuzhir.
Khuzhir
- Categories: posyolok, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Irkutsk Oblast, Eastern Siberia, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.192° or 53° 11′ 31″ northLongitude
107.34573° or 107° 20′ 45″ eastPopulation
1,120Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)Open location code
9P5958RW+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 526027742OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2022143Wikidata ID
Q2012246
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Khuzhir” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Խուժիր (քաղաքատիպ ավան, Օլխոնսկի շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Խուժիր”
- Belarusian: “Хужыр (Іркуцкая вобласць)”
- Belarusian: “Хужыр”
- Cebuano: “Khuzhir”
- Chechen: “Хужир”
- Chinese: “胡日尔”
- Czech: “Chužir”
- Dutch: “Choezjir”
- French: “Khoujir”
- French: “Koujir”
- German: “Chuschir”
- Italian: “Chužir”
- Japanese: “フジル”
- Lithuanian: “Chužyras”
- Polish: “Chużyr”
- Russian: “Мал.Хужир”
- Russian: “Хужир (Иркутская область)”
- Russian: “Хужир”
- Tajik: “Хужир”
- Ukrainian: “Хужир”
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