Charabali

city Kharabali Harabali coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Astrakhan Rajon Charabali head Vladislav Vinogradov Founded 1770 City since 1974 surface 25  km² population 18,117 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 725 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 8  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 85148 Post Code 416010, 416011 License Plate 30th OKATO 12 245 501 Website www.harabali.ru Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 24 '  N , 47 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '0 "  N , 47 ° 15' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Astrakhan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kharabali ( Russian Харабали ) is a city in the center of Russia 's Astrakhan Oblast . It has 18,117 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located about 140 km northwest of the regional capital Astrakhan at the transition from the fertile Volga or Akhtuba meadows to the desert of the Caspian Depression . The city is 40 km from the Kazakh border and 10 km from the course of the Akhtuba.

history

The place was founded in 1770 as Kharabalinskoje (Харабалинское) and was later given its current name. Kharabali has had city ​​rights since 1974 .

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Kharabali.

year	Residents
1939	8,282
1959	9,664
1970	14,261
1979	17,043
1989	18,566
2002	18,296
2010	18,117

Note: census data

traffic

Kharabali is on the side road from Wolschski via Akhtubinsk to Astrakhan and on the railway line Volgograd / Saratov - Astrakhan.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Koschurnikow (1905–1942), Russian civil engineer and railroad explorer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Charabali  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Rajon Website (Russian)
• Charabali at mojgorod.ru (Russian)