Tashtagol

Tashtagol (Таштаго́л; Таштағол, Taştaƣol) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Kondoma River 511 km south of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast.

History
It was founded in 1939 as a mining settlement and was granted town status in 1963.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tashtagol serves as the administrative center of Tashtagolsky District, even though is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Tashtagolsky Municipal District as Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement.

Population
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