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Irkutsk Oblast

Irkutsk Oblast is a region in , which borders to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the southeast, and to the southwest.
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is the capital of the province of Oblast in . The historic centre of is included on UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

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is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, , located on the near the vast . It had population of 224,071 .

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is a city and the administrative center of of Irkutsk Oblast, , located on the Kitoy River, 51 kilometers from , the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 221,296 ; 233,567 ; 247,118 ; 265,835 .

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is a town in Irkutsk Oblast 110 km away from with a population of 18,000 people. Coming from Irkutsk, it's where the Trans-Siberian Railway and Trans-Siberian Highway descend by hairpins down the mountain to Lake Baikal, at the lower tip of this halfmoon-shaped lake.

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is a town and the administrative center of in Irkutsk Oblast, , located 669 kilometers northwest of , the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 35,485 ; 38,535 ; 42,391 .

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is a city of 34,000 people in Irkutsk Oblast. is a stop on the Trans Siberian Railway, almost equidistant from and .

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is by far the largest island in , and one of the real jewels of . 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.

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is a town with less than 2,000 inhabitants in Irkutsk Oblast on the shore of Lake Baikal. It's a gateway to the lake and the surrounding region with many natural attractions and the activities offered by both.

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is one of most beautiful off the southwest shores of the world heritage-listed in Irkutsk Oblast, .
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Irkutsk Oblast

Latitude of center
56.637° or 56° 38′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
104.7192° or 104° 43′ 9″ east
Population
2,400,000
Elevation
607 metres (1,991 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 503077246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2023468
Wiki­data ID
Q6585
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Irkutsk Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oblast Irkutsk”
  • Afrikaans: “Irkoetsk-oblast”
  • Arabic: “إركوتسك أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة إركوتسك”
  • Armenian: “Իրկուտսկի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Óblast d’Irkutsk”
  • Azerbaijani: “İrkutsk vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Иркутск өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Irkutsk oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Іркуцкая вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Іркуцкая вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “ইরকুটস্ক ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Irkutska oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Irkoutsk”
  • Bulgarian: “Иркутска област”
  • Catalan: “óblast d’Irkutsk”
  • Catalan: “Óblast d’Irkutsk”
  • Catalan: “província d’Irkutsk”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Irkutsk”
  • Cebuano: “Irkutskaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Irkutskaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Иркутскан область”
  • Chinese: “Irkutsk Chiu”
  • Chinese: “伊尔库茨克州”
  • Chinese: “伊爾庫茨克州”
  • Chuvash: “Иркутск облаçĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İrkutsk vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Irkutska oblast”
  • Czech: “Irkutská oblast”
  • Danish: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İrkutsk”
  • Dutch: “Irkoetsk”
  • Dutch: “oblast Irkoetsk”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Irkoetsk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Иркутск вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اركوتسك”
  • Erzya: “Иркутонь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Irkutska provinco”
  • Estonian: “Irkutski oblast”
  • Finnish: “Irkutskin alue”
  • French: “Irkoutsk”
  • French: “oblast d’Irkoutsk”
  • French: “Oblast d’Irkoutsk”
  • French: “région d’Irkoustk”
  • Galician: “oblast de Irkutsk”
  • Georgian: “ირკუტსკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Irkutsk”
  • German: “Irkutsker Oblast”
  • German: “Oblast Irkutsk”
  • German: “RU-IRK”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Ιρκούτσκ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ιρκούτσκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઇર્ક્ટ્સ્ક ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Irkutsk-chû”
  • Hawaiian: “Prīusa mīatasa”
  • Hebrew: “אירקוטסק”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אירקוטסק”
  • Hindi: “इरकुत्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Hungarian: “Irkutszki terület”
  • Icelandic: “Irkútskfylki”
  • Icelandic: “Írkútskfylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Irkutsk”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Irkutsk”
  • Inupiaq: “Irkutsken Nutanut”
  • Irish: “Cúige Irkutsk”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Irkutsk”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Irkutsk”
  • Japanese: “イルクーツク州”
  • Kalmyk: “Эркү төгәлң”
  • Kannada: “ಇರ್ಕುಟ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Irkutsk wa’layatı”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Irkutsk wálayatı”
  • Kazakh: “Иркутск облысы”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Иркут лапӧв”
  • Komi: “Иркутск обласьт”
  • Korean: “이르쿠츠크주”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Irkutsk”
  • Latin: “Regio Ircutensis”
  • Latvian: “Irkutskas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Irkutsko sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Irkutsk”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oblast Irkutsk”
  • Macedonian: “Иркутска област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Irkutsk”
  • Marathi: “इरकुत्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “ایرکوتسک اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Irkutsk Ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Irkutskaya Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ირკუტსკიშ ოლქი”
  • Mongolian: “Эрхүү муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Irkutsk”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون ایرکوتسک”
  • Northern Sami: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irkutsk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Irkutsk”
  • Norwegian: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Irkutskaja oblast”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Óblast d’Irkotsk”
  • Ossetian: “Иркутсчы облæст”
  • Pampanga: “Irkutsk Oblast”
  • Persian: “استان ایرکوتسک”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست ایرکوتسک”
  • Polish: “obwód irkucki”
  • Polish: “Obwód irkucki”
  • Portuguese: “Irkutsk”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Irkutsk”
  • Pushto: “ايرکتسک اوبلاست”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Irkutsk”
  • Russia Buriat: “Эрхүү можо”
  • Russia Buriat: “Эрхүүгэй можо”
  • Russian: “Иркутская область”
  • Russian: “Иркутская Область”
  • Scots: “Irkutsk Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Иркутска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Irkutska oblast”
  • Sindhi: “ارکوتسڪ اوبلاسٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ඉර්කුට්ස්ක් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Irkutská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Irkutska oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایرکوتسک اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Irkutsk”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Irkutsk”
  • Swahili: “Irkutsk Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Irkutsk oblast”
  • Swedish: “Irkutsk”
  • Swedish: “Irkutskaja oblast”
  • Tagalog: “Irkutsk Oblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Иркутск”
  • Talysh: “Irkutski vilojət”
  • Talysh: “Irkutskij vilojət”
  • Tamil: “இர்கூத்சுக் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “இர்கூத்ஸ்க் ஒப்லாஸ்து”
  • Tatar: “Иркутск өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Өркет өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “ఇర్కుట్స్క్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอีร์คุตสค์”
  • Turkish: “İrkutsk Oblastı”
  • Udmurt: “Иркутск улос”
  • Ukrainian: “Іркутська область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Irkutska oblasć”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Irkutsk”
  • Urdu: “ارکتسک اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Irkutsk viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Irkutsk Viloyati”
  • Venetian: “Oblast‘ de Irkutsk”
  • Venetian: “Oblast’ de Irkutsk”
  • Veps: “Irkutskan agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Irkutsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Irkutsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Irkutsk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Irkutsk Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Irkutsk”
  • Western Frisian: “Irkûtsk (oblast)”
  • Western Frisian: “Irkûtsk”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارکتسک اوبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊尔库茨克州”
  • Yakut: “Иркутскай уобалаhа”
  • Yakut: “Иркутскай уобалаһа”
  • Yue Chinese: “伊爾庫茨克州”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Irkutsk Oblast”. Photo: Deminalex, CC BY-SA 4.0.