{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Tungokochen |ru_name=Тунгокочен |loc_name1= |loc_lang1= |image_skyline=Kontalaksky Golets-USSR map NN 50-7 Tungokochen.jpg |image_caption= Tungokochen area map section |coordinates = {{coord|53|32|01|N|115|36|58|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=bottom |image_coa= |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Zabaykalsky Krai |federal_subject_ref= |adm_district_jur=Tungokochensky District |adm_district_jur_ref= |adm_ctr_of=Tungokochensky Rayon |adm_ctr_of_ref= |inhabloc_cat=Rural locality |inhabloc_cat_ref= |inhabloc_type=''Selo'' |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur= |mun_district_jur_ref= |rural_settlement_jur= |rural_settlement_jur_ref= |mun_admctr_of= |mun_admctr_of_ref= |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_latest=835 |pop_latest_date=2021 |pop_latest_ref= <ref name="2021Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2021Census}}</ref> |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Tungokochen''' ({{langx|ru|Тунгокочен}}) is a rural locality in Tungokochensky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=835|p2002=955|p1989=1,105}}
==Geography== The village is about {{convert|141|km|abbr=on}} NNE of the district administrative center of Verkh-Usugli. It lies on the left bank of the Karenga river, to the southeast of the slopes of the Yablonoi Mountains.<ref name="SЕTB">[http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=6672 ''Тунгокочен'', Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia]</ref>
==History== Tungokochen was founded in the 1930s as the capital of Tungokochensky District. In 1976, the administrative center was moved to the village of Verkh-Usugli. The village had an airport which was functional until the 1990s.<ref name="SЕTB"/><ref>[http://wikimapia.org/20502237/ru/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD Аэропорт Тунгокочен]</ref>
==See also== *Kontalaksky Golets
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Category:Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai