Karagali Explained

Official Name:Karagali
Native Name:Карагали
Settlement Type:Selo
Pushpin Map:Russia Astrakhan Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Astrakhan Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Privolzhsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+4:00
Coordinates:46.25°N 106°W[1]

Karagali (Russian: Карагали, Nogai: Каргалык) is a rural locality (a selo) in Privolzhsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,734 as of 2017.[2] There are 136 streets.

Name

The official Russian name of the village, Karagali, is a phonetic adaptation of Каргалык (Qarğalıq, 'place with many crows'), the original name used by its predominantly Nogai and Tatar residents. A welcome sign installed by Karagali residents by the road connecting Astrakhan to Kamyzyak displays both names of the village.[3]

Geography

Karagali is located 28 km southwest of Nachalovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Tatarskaya Bashmakovka is the nearest rural locality.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/astrahanskaya-oblast/privolzhskiy-rayon/selo-karagali/ Карта села Карагали в Астраханской области
  2. http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2017/bul_dr/mun_obr2017.rar Численность населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2017 года
  3. Shabashewitz. Dor. 2024. Decolonizing the toponymy of Astrakhan. North Caspian Report. 1.
  4. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_karagali_nachalovo Расстояние от Карагали до Началова