Kharabali Explained

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:

History

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]

Administrative and municipal status

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Information. Astrakhan Oblast. russian. July 18, 2017. March 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307174218/https://mo.astrobl.ru/harabali/istoricheskaya-spravka. dead.
  2. Law #67/2006-OZ
  3. Law #43/2004-OZ