En Name: | Kharabali |
Ru Name: | Харабали |
Coordinates: | 47.405°N 47.2556°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kharabali (Astrakhan oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Astrakhan Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Kharabalinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kharabali |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Kharabalinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Kharabali |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Kharabalinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Kharabali Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Kharabalinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kharabali Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 18117 |
Established Date: | 1789 |
Current Cat Date: | 1974 |
Website: | http://mo.astrobl.ru/harabali/ |
Kharabali (Russian: Харабали́; Kazakh: Қарабайлы, Qarabaıly) 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) 142km (88miles) northwest of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded in 1789 as a selo of Kharabalinskoye (Russian: Харабалинское) and was later renamed Kharabali.[1] Town status was granted to it in 1974.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kharabali serves as the administrative center of Kharabalinsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Kharabalinsky District as the town of district significance of Kharabali. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kharabali is incorporated within Kharabalinsky Municipal District as Kharabali Urban Settlement.[3]