Bogotol (Russian: Богото́л) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) of the Chulym River and 252 kilometers (157 mi) west of Krasnoyarsk, the administrative center of the krai.
[9] It was founded in 1893[2] due to the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Bogotol was granted town status in 1911.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bogotol serves as the administrative center of Bogotolsky District, even though it is not a part of it.
[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Bogotol—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.