En Name: | Sayansk |
Ru Name: | Саянск |
Coordinates: | 54.1167°N 112°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Sayansk (Irkutsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Sayansk |
Adm City Jur Ref: | [1] |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Sayansk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Sayansk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Sayansk Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 40800 |
Established Date: | 1970 |
Dialing Codes: | 39553 |
Website: | http://www.admsayansk.ru/ |
Date: | April 2010 |
Sayansk (Russian: Саянск|p=sɐˈjansk) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River (Angara River's basin) 270km (170miles) northwest of Irkutsk. Population:
Sayansk was founded in 1970. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975 and town status in 1985.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Sayansk[2] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Sayansk is incorporated as Sayansk Urban Okrug.[3]