Kizhinga: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Buryatiya Republic
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 6,459
• Coordinates: 51.8485° N, 109.9067° E
• Time zone: Asia/Irkutsk (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 4,548 km (2,826 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Baikal International Airport (UUD): 170 km (105 mi), straight line
• Chita-Kadala International Airport (HTA): 234 km (145 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Khorinsk: 36 km (22 mi)
• Khilok: 67 km (41 mi)
• Petrovsk-Zabaykal'skiy: 97 km (60 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Ulan-Ude, 159 km (98 mi)