| En Name: | Slyudyanka |
| Ru Name: | Слюдянка |
| Coordinates: | 51.6567°N 103.7186°W |
| Map Label Position: | left |
| Image Coa: | The coat of arms of the city of Slyudyanka.jpg |
| Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
| Adm Data As Of: | July 2013 |
| Adm District Jur: | Slyudyansky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Slyudyansky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun Data As Of: | December 2004 |
| Mun District Jur: | Slyudyansky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Slyudyansky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement |
| Area Km2: | 38 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 18574 |
| Pop Latest: | 18,626 |
| Pop Latest Date: | 2013 |
| Pop Latest Ref: | [2] |
| Established Date: | 1905 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1936 |
| Postal Codes: | 665900, 665902–665904 |
| Dialing Codes: | 39544 |
| Website: | http://www.sludyanka.ru/ |
| Date: | May 2012 |
Slyudyanka (Russian: Слюдянка|p=slʲʉˈdʲankə) is a town and the administrative center of Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the southern tip of Lake Baikal, 126km (78miles) south of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The town is a stop and major railroad junction for the Trans-Siberian Railway, and also serves as the starting point for the historic Circum-Baikal Railway.
The town takes its name from the Russian word for mica, reflecting the numerous mineral deposits in the area.
Slyudyanka railway station and a settlement around it were established in 1905. Town status was granted to it in 1936.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slyudyanka serves as the administrative center of Slyudyansky District,[3] to which it is directly subordinated.[4] As a municipal division, the town of Slyudyanka, together with two rural localities in Slyudyansky District, is incorporated within Slyudyansky Municipal District as Slyudyanskoye Urban Settlement.[5]