Shagonar is a town and the administrative center of Ulug-Khemsky District

Ulug-Khemsky District

Ulug-Khemsky District is one of the seventeen administrative divisions of the Tuva Republic, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as the Municipal District of Ulug-Khemsky Kozhuun. Its administrative center is the town of Shagonar. District's population: 19,461 ; Population of Shagonar...

 of the Tuva Republic, Russia

Russia

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, located on the left bank of the Yenisei

Yenisei River

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 124 kilometres (77.1 mi) west of Kyzyl

Kyzyl

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. Population:

It had been known since 1888. Town status was granted to it in 1945.

The original town of Shagonar was engulfed by water in the 1970s due to the construction of Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

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power plant. It was rebuilt 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the original location.