En Name: | Zhigalovo |
Ru Name: | Жигалово |
Coordinates: | 54.8°N 115°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Zhigalovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Zhigalovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Inhabloc Type: | Work settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 5369 |
Zhigalovo (Russian: Жигалово) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Zhigalovsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population:
The settlement is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau, on the left bank of the Lena River at its confluence with the Tutura.[1]
Zhigalovo is served by the Zhigalovo Airport.[2]
Zhigalovo has a monsoonal subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with severely cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is quite low, but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.