Coordinates: 53°13′16″N 107°25′12″E / 53.22111°N 107.42000°E / 53.22111; 107.42000

Kharantsy, Olkhonsky District

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Kharantsy
Харанцы
Village
Kharantsy with airstrip in foreground
Kharantsy with airstrip in foreground
Kharantsy is located in Russia
Kharantsy
Kharantsy
Coordinates: 53°13′16″N 107°25′12″E / 53.22111°N 107.42000°E / 53.22111; 107.42000
Country Russia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Administrative districtOlkhonsky District
Municipal unitKhuzirskiy
Population
 (2010)
 • Total97[1]
 • Ethnicities
Russians Buryats
Time zoneUTC+08 (IRKT)
Postal code
666137

Kharantsy (Russian: Хар́анцы) is a village in the Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk Oblast of Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 7 km to the north from the municipal unit centre — village Khuzhir. Population: 97 (2010 Russian census);[1]

In the village there are several hostels for the tourists (Turbazas). In the summer a recreation camp for children is operating. Near the village a grass airstrip is located that serves flights to Irkutsk and local sightseeing flights.

At the Cape Kharantsy near the village many archaeological findings are made. On its south-eastern slope a burial from the 11th to 15th century was found; in the western part - the remains of settlements dated 5 millennium BC - 10 century AD. The archaeological findings include a quiver, an iron spear, knives, arrowheads and fragments of pottery.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "Olkhon Island. Cape Kharantsy" (in Russian). Olkhon.org. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
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