Kharabali

{{Short description|Town in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia}}

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Kharabali ({{langx|ru|Харабали́}}; {{langx|kk|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) {{convert|142|km|sp=us}} northwest of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=18,117|p2002=18,296|p1989=18,566}}

History

It was founded in 1789 as a selo of Kharabalinskoye ({{lang|ru|Харабалинское}}) and was later renamed Kharabali.{{cite web|title=General Information|url=https://mo.astrobl.ru/harabali/istoricheskaya-spravka|publisher=Astrakhan Oblast|language=russian|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307174218/https://mo.astrobl.ru/harabali/istoricheskaya-spravka|url-status=dead}} Town status was granted to it in 1974.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kharabali serves as the administrative center of Kharabalinsky District.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 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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