Chadan (town)


Chadan is a town and the administrative center of Dzun-Khemchiksky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located on the Chadan River, west of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,035.

History

In 1873, at the confluence of Khondergey and Chadan Rivers, a Buddhist monastery called Aldee-Khuree was founded. This year is considered the founding year of Chadan.
In 1923, the village by the monastery was known as Artadyt. In January 1929, when the Plenum Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party adopted an anti-religious decree, the Aldee-Khuree monastery was closed and destroyed, and the village was renamed Chadan.
In May 1945, Chadan was granted town status and became the administrative center of Dzun-Khemchiksky District. Around this time, coal deposits were discovered nearby and with open-pit mining starting soon after.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chadan serves as the administrative center of Dzun-Khemchiksky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated within Dzun-Khemchiksky District as Chadan Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Chadan Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Dzun-Khemchiksky Municipal District as Chadan Urban Settlement.

Economy

There are a bread-making and a butter-making plants in the town. Coal is mined in the town's vicinity.