En Name: | Karabulak |
Ru Name: | Карабулак |
Loc Name1: | Илдарха-Гӏала |
Loc Lang1: | Ingush |
Coordinates: | 43.3167°N 99°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Karabulak.png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Ingushetia |
Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Karabulak |
Adm Ctr Of: | town of republic significance of Karabulak |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | March 2014 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Karabulak Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Karabulak Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 30961 |
Established Date: | 1859 |
Current Cat Date: | 1995 |
Website: | http://mokarabulak.ru |
Date: | February 2012 |
Karabulak population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 30,961 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 31,279 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 9,354 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 8,779 |
Karabulak (Russian: Карабула́к; Ingush: Илдарха-Гӏала) is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, located on the Sunzha River (a tributary of the Terek), 20km (10miles) north of the republic's capital of Magas. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 30,961.
The Cossack stanitsa of Karabulakskaya (Russian: Карабулакская) was founded in 1859. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1962 and town status was granted in 1995.
In the 1990s, the town's population more than tripled, because of an influx of refugees from neighboring Chechnya.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Karabulak—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Karabulak is incorporated as Karabulak Urban Okrug.[1]
A chemical factory is located in Karabulak.
Karabulak has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).