Khibiny (russian: Хибины), also known as Khibino (),
[''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 68–69] is the
rural locality
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(a ''
Station'') in
Apatity municipality of
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) o ...
,
Russia
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. The village is located beyond the
Arctic circle
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The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at ...
, on the
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula (russian: Кольский полуостров, Kolsky poluostrov; sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк) is a peninsula in the extreme northwest of Russia, and one of the largest peninsulas of Europe. Constituting the bulk ...
. It is 142 m above sea level.
Khibino served as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Yekostrovsky Selsoviet of
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost (russian: Ко́льско-Лопа́рская во́лость) was at various times an administrative division (a volost) of Kemsky, Kolsky, and Alexandrovsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (a ...
of
Alexandrovsky Uyezd
Alexandrovsky Uyezd (russian: Александровский уезд) was an administrative division (an uyezd) of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Russian SFSR.
The origins of Alexandrovsky Uyezd trace back to K ...
of
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...
in the
Russian SFSR
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, when the selsoviet's administrative center was moved here from
Polovinka by the Resolution of Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost Executive Committee of December 9, 1924.
As of the 2010 census, Khibino is uninhabited.
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Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast