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Zabaykalsky Krai

The territory of Zabaykalsky Krai was formed in 2008 by the merger of Chita Oblast with its smaller neighbor Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chita and Zabaykalsk.

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is in Zabaykalsky Krai. This former restricted military city has developed quite rapidly, if unevenly, because of the city's position on a main land-trading route with China.

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is an urban locality and the administrative center of of Zabaykalsky Krai, , located on the Sino-Russian border just opposite the border town of . Population: 10,210 ; 8,632 .

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Daursky State Biosphere Reserve (Russian: Государственный природный биосферный заповедник "Даурский" is in Zabaykalsky Krai, . Established in 1984, it covers the area of 45,800 hectares, mostly steppelands.

Destinations to Discover

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is an urban locality in of Zabaykalsky Krai, , located in the basin of the Chara River, in the eastern parts of , approximately 600 kilometers in a straight line northeast of the krai's administrative center of , and 16 kilometers from the district's administrative center of .

Zabaykalsky Krai

Latitude of center
52.2485° or 52° 14′ 55″ north
Longitude of center
115.9563° or 115° 57′ 23″ east
Population
1,070,000
Elevation
821 metres (2,694 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 503087444
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
7779061
Wiki­data ID
Q6838
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Zabaykalsky Krai” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Krai Zabaykalsky”
  • Afrikaans: “Zabaikalski-krai”
  • Arabic: “زابايكالسكي كراي”
  • Arabic: “كراي عبر البايكال”
  • Arabic: “كراي عبر البيقال”
  • Armenian: “Անդրբայկալյան երկրամաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zabaykal diyarı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zabaykalsk diyarı”
  • Bashkir: “Байкал аръяғы крайы”
  • Basque: “Zabaikalski kraia”
  • Belarusian: “Забайкальскі край”
  • Bengali: “জাবায়কালস্কি ক্রা”
  • Bosnian: “Zabajkalski kraj”
  • Bulgarian: “Забайкалски край”
  • Catalan: “krai de Zabaikàlie”
  • Catalan: “Krai de Zabaikàlie”
  • Catalan: “Territori de Zabaikal”
  • Catalan: “territori de Zabaikàlie”
  • Catalan: “Zabaikàlia”
  • Cebuano: “Zabaykal’skiy Kray”
  • Chechen: “Байкалдехьара мохк”
  • Chinese: “Zabaykalsky Pian-kiong-khu”
  • Chinese: “外貝加爾邊疆區”
  • Chinese: “外贝加尔边疆区”
  • Chuvash: “Байкал лешьен”
  • Chuvash: “Байкал Лешьен”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Zabaykalye ülkesi”
  • Croatian: “Zabajkaljski kraj”
  • Croatian: “Zabajkalski kraj”
  • Czech: “Zabajkalský kraj”
  • Danish: “Zabajkalskij kraj”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Zabaykalsky”
  • Dutch: “kraj Transbaikal”
  • Dutch: “Kraj Transbaikal”
  • Eastern Mari: “Байкалшеҥгел мланде”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عبر البايكال”
  • Erzya: “Байкалонь томбале край”
  • Esperanto: “Transbajkalio”
  • Estonian: “Taga-Baikali krai”
  • Finnish: “Taka-Baikalian aluepiiri”
  • French: “kraï de Transbaïkalie”
  • French: “Kraï de Transbaïkalie”
  • French: “kraï de Zabaïkalie”
  • French: “région de Transbaïkalie”
  • French: “territoire de Transbaïkalie”
  • French: “Transbaïkalie”
  • French: “Zabaïkalie”
  • Georgian: “იმიერბაიკალეთის მხარე”
  • German: “Region Transbaikalien”
  • German: “Sabaikalski Krai”
  • German: “Transbaikalien”
  • German: “Transbaikalregion”
  • Greek: “Κράι Υπερβαϊκάλης”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાબેકલ્સકી ક્રેઇ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז עבר הבאיקל”
  • Hebrew: “עבר הבאיקל”
  • Hindi: “ज़बायकाल्स्की क्राय”
  • Hungarian: “Bajkálontúli határterület”
  • Icelandic: “Tsabajkalfylki”
  • Icelandic: “Zabajkalfylki”
  • Ido: “Regiono Transbaikalye”
  • Indonesian: “Krai Zabaykalsky”
  • Inupiaq: “Paikal Nuna”
  • Irish: “Zabaykalsky Krai”
  • Italian: “Territorio della Transbajkalia”
  • Japanese: “ザバイカリエ地方”
  • Kalmyk: “Бәәгл Теңгсин зах улс”
  • Kannada: “ಝಬಾಯಕಲ್ಕಿ ಕ್ರೈ”
  • Kazakh: “Забайкалье өлкесі”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Байкалсай ладор”
  • Komi: “Байкалсайса край”
  • Korean: “자바이칼 변경주”
  • Korean: “자바이칼 지방”
  • Ladin: “Krai de Sabaikalski”
  • Latin: “Territorium Transbaicalicum”
  • Latvian: “Aizbaikāla novads”
  • Lithuanian: “Užbaikalės kraštas”
  • Lombard: “Kraj de Transbajkalia”
  • Macedonian: “Забајкалски крај”
  • Malay: “Jajahan Zabaykalsky”
  • Marathi: “झबायकल्स्की क्राय”
  • Mazanderani: “زابایکالسکی کرای”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Zabaykalsky Biĕng-giŏng-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zabaykalsky Pian-kiong-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “მელენბაიკალეთიშ აკანი”
  • Mongolian: “Өвөр Байгалын хязгаар”
  • Northern Frisian: “Transbaikaalien (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Transbaikaalien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zabajkalskij kraj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zabajkalskij kraj”
  • Norwegian: “Transbaikal”
  • Norwegian: “Zabajkalskij kraj”
  • Ossetian: “Фæсбайкалы край”
  • Persian: “سرزمین زابایکالسکی”
  • Polish: “Kraj Zabajkalski”
  • Portuguese: “Krai da Transbaicália”
  • Portuguese: “Krai de Zabaykalsky”
  • Romanian: “Ținutul Transbaikal”
  • Romanian: “Transbaikal”
  • Russia Buriat: “Байгалай шанад хизаар”
  • Russia Buriat: “Үбэр Байгалай хизаар”
  • Russian: “Забайкалье”
  • Russian: “Забайкальский край”
  • Russian: “Забайкальский Край”
  • Russian: “Забайка́льский край”
  • Scots: “Zabaykalsky Krai”
  • Serbian: “Забајкалска Покрајина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zabajkalski kraj”
  • Sinhala: “සබෙකල්ස්කි ක්‍රයි”
  • Slovak: “Zabajkalský kraj”
  • Slovenian: “Zabajkalski okraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “زابایکالسکی دیاری”
  • Spanish: “Krai de Transbaikalia”
  • Spanish: “Krai de Zabaikalie”
  • Spanish: “Zabaikalie”
  • Swahili: “Zabaykalskiy Krai”
  • Swahili: “Zabaykalsky Krai”
  • Swedish: “Zabajkalskij kraj”
  • Tagalog: “Zabaykalsky Krai”
  • Talysh: “Zabajkali kraj”
  • Tamil: “சபாய்கள்ஸ்கய் கரை”
  • Tamil: “சபைக்கால்சுக்கி பிரதேசம்”
  • Tatar: “Байкал арты крае”
  • Telugu: “జాబేకాల్స్కీ క్రే”
  • Thai: “ดินแดนซาไบคัลสกี”
  • Turkish: “Zabaykalski Krayı”
  • Turkish: “Zabaykalskiy Krayı”
  • Udmurt: “Забайкальской шаер”
  • Ukrainian: “Забайкальський край”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Region Zabajkalska”
  • Urdu: “زابایکالسکی کرائی”
  • Uzbek: “Baykalorti oʻlkasi”
  • Uzbek: “Zabaykal o’lkasi”
  • Venetian: “Teritorio de ła Transbajkalia”
  • Veps: “Baikalantagaine rand”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Zabaykalsky”
  • Vietnamese: “Zabaykalsky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zabaykalsky Krai”
  • Welsh: “Crai Zabaykalsky”
  • Western Panjabi: “زبیکالسکی”
  • Wu Chinese: “外贝加尔边疆区”
  • Yakut: “Забайкалье кыраайа”
  • Yakut: “Забайкальскай кыраай”
  • Yue Chinese: “外貝加爾邊疆區”

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