Krasnokamianka (urban-type settlement)

For other uses, see Krasnokamenka.
Krasnokamianka
Краснокам'янка
Краснокаменка
Qızıltaş
Krasnokamianka

Location of Krasnokamianka within Crimea

Krasnokamianka

Location in Yalta Municipality

Coordinates: 44°33′50″N 34°17′20″E / 44.56389°N 34.28889°ECoordinates: 44°33′50″N 34°17′20″E / 44.56389°N 34.28889°E
Country Russia/Ukraine[1]
Republic Crimea
Municipality Yalta Municipality
Local council Gurzuf
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,050
Time zone MSK (UTC+4)
Postal code 98646
Former names Kiziltash, Kyzyltash

Krasnokamianka (Ukrainian: Краснокам'янка; Russian: Краснока́менка, Crimean Tatar: Qızıltaş, also known as Kiziltash or Kyzyltash, the same word in Turkic dialects; literally, red stone) is a resort and urban-type settlement in Yalta Municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 1,014 (2013 est.)[2].

Geography

Krasnokamianka is a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta, on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

It is near the headquarters of the Eurasian Scout Region, the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in Gurzuf.

References

  1. ↑ This place is located on the Crimean Peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, located on the peninsula are the federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol). According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, located on the peninsula are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol).
  2. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.