Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky (Template:Lang-rus) is a town and the administrative center of Nizhneilimsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located Script error: No such module "convert". north of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
Geography
The town is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau.[3]
History
It was founded in 1948, in connection with the beginning of exploitation of the iron deposits at Zheleznaya Gora (Iron Mountain).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was initially named Korshunikha (Script error: No such module "Lang".), after prospector Shestak Korshunov who had discovered the Iron Mountain in the 17th century.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
It was granted urban-type settlement status in the 1950s, after a period of growth following the construction of the western section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline, and renamed Zheleznogorsk (Iron Mountain Town). With the completion of a major ore processing plant, town status was granted in 1965 under the present name, the suffix "Ilimsky" added to differentiate from other towns of the same name.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky serves as the administrative center of Nizhneilimsky District,[4] to which it is directly subordinated.[5] As a municipal division, the town of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky is incorporated within Nizhneilimsky Municipal District as Zheleznogorskoye Urban Settlement.[6]
Economy
The town's economy is mainly reliant on the open pit iron ore mine and ore processing works, owned by the company Mechel Inc.
Transportation
The town has a station called Korshunikha-Angarskaya on the Baikal–Amur Mainline, it is also on the road from Bratsk to Ust-Kut.
Sister city
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Notes
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- ↑ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
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