Bodaybo (p=bədɐjˈbo) is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.
Geography
The town is located in the
Patom Highlands, on the right bank of the
Vitim River at its
confluence with the Bodaybo River. Besides Bodaybo, some of the settlements of the district are
Aprilsk, Artyomovsky, Balakhninsky, Kropotkin, Mamakan, Svetly,
Vasilievsky, Perevoz and Bolshoy Patom.
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History
It was founded in 1864
and served the needs of the local
gold mining industry. The
Lena massacre took place near Bodaybo in 1912. It was granted town status in 1925.
Vitim event
The Vitim event occurred on September 25, 2002 near the town. It was believed to be caused by a
meteoroid or a
comet nucleus impact.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bodaybo serves as the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District,
[Law #49-OZ] to which it is directly subordinated.
[ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast] As a municipal division, the town of Bodaybo, together with the
selo of
Nerpo in Bodaybinsky District, is incorporated within Bodaybinsky Municipal District as
Bodaybinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #67-oz]
Transportation
The
Bodaybo Airport is the only airport in Bodaybo and is quite small. It is served by
Angara Airlines which flies only to
Irkutsk.
Climate
Bodaybo has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification
Dfc), with bitterly cold winters and warm summers.
Precipitation is quite low, but falls mostly in summer, with the climate being arid at other times of the year.
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