Kharabali

Kharabali (English)
Харабали (Russian)
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Location of Astrakhan Oblast in Russia
Kharabali
Location of Kharabali in Astrakhan Oblast
Coordinates: 47°24′18″N 47°15′20″E / 47.40500°N 47.25556°ECoordinates: 47°24′18″N 47°15′20″E / 47.40500°N 47.25556°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Astrakhan Oblast[1]
Administrative district Kharabalinsky District[1]
Town of district significance Kharabali[1]
Administrative center of Kharabalinsky District,[1] town of district significance of Kharabali[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2013)
Municipal district Kharabalinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Kharabali Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Kharabalinsky Municipal District,[2] Kharabali Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 18,117 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1770
Town status since 1974
Previous names Kharabalinskoye
Official website
Kharabali on WikiCommons

Kharabali (Russian: Харабали́) is a town and the administrative center of Kharabalinsky District in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Akhtuba River (an arm of the Volga) 142 kilometers (88 mi) northwest of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 18,117(2010 Census);[3] 18,296(2002 Census);[5] 18,566(1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded in 1770 as a selo of Kharabalinskoye (Харабалинское) and was later renamed Kharabali. Town status was granted to it in 1974.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kharabali serves as the administrative center of Kharabalinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Kharabalinsky District as the town of district significance of Kharabali.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kharabali is incorporated within Kharabalinsky Municipal District as Kharabali Urban Settlement.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Law #67/2006-OZ
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #43/2004-OZ
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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