page_title: Novaya Chara
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Novaya Chara / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Kodar mountain range from Charskie peski Русский: Вид на хребет Кодар с урочища Чарские пески
context_page_description: Novaya Chara is an urban locality in Kalarsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located in the basin of the Chara River, in the eastern parts of Stanovoy Range, approximately 600 kilometers in a straight line northeast of the krai's administrative center of Chita, and 16 kilometers from the district's administrative center of Chara. Population: 4,315; 4,693; 8,787.
context_section_description: Novaya Chara is the starting point for trekking tours in the Kodar Mountains, as well as the Chara Sands, a 37 square kilometers (14 sq mi) area of sand dunes northwest of the settlement, across the river.
caption: The Chara Sands, a "desert" in the middle of Siberia, near Novaya Chara. The Kodar Mountains lie in the background.
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