Tashtagol (; ) is a

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Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...

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, located on the Kondoma River south of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka River, Iskitimka and Tom ...

, the

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of the

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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

Tashtagolsky District Tashtagolsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tashtagolsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the south of ...

, even though is not a part of it.Law #215-OZ 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 A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

. As a municipal division, Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Tashtagolsky Municipal District as Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement.Law #104-OZ

Population

Population:

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast Populated places established in 1939 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union 1939 establishments in the Soviet Union Monotowns in Russia