Kharabali (; , ''Qarabaıly'') is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

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Kharabalinsky District Kharabalinsky District (; , ) is an administrativeLaw #67/2006-OZ and municipalLaw #43/2004-OZ district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the oblast. The area of the district ...

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073. Geography Astrakhan's southern border is the ...

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, located on the left bank of the

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(an arm of the

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) northwest of

Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1789 as a '' selo'' of Kharabalinskoye () and was later renamed Kharabali. Town status was granted to it in 1974.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kharabali serves as the

.Law #67/2006-OZ As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Kharabalinsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Kharabali. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kharabali is incorporated within Kharabalinsky Municipal District as Kharabali Urban Settlement.Law #43/2004-OZ

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External links

Official website of Kharabali

Kharabali Business Directory
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