Tashtagol
# Tashtagol

Tashtagol (Russian: Таштаго́л; Shor: Таштағол, Taştaƣol) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Kondoma River 511 kilometers (318 mi) 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

Population: 23,134 (2010 Census); 23,363 (2002 Census); 26,274 (1989 Census).

