Krasnokamianka (urban-type settlement)

Krasnokamianka (Ukrainian: Краснокам'янка; Russian: Краснока́менка, Crimean Tatar: Qızıltaş, also known as Kiziltash or Kyzyltash, the same word in Turkic dialects; literally, red stone) is a resort and urban-type settlement in Yalta Municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 1,051 (2014 Census).[2]

For other uses, see Krasnokamenka.
Krasnokamianka
Краснокам'янка
Краснокаменка
Qızıltaş
Krasnokamianka is located in Crimea
Krasnokamianka
Krasnokamianka
Location of Krasnokamianka within Crimea
Coordinates: 44°33′50″N 34°17′20″E
CountryTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1]
RepublicCrimea
MunicipalityYalta Municipality
Local councilGurzuf
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total1,051
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
98646
Former namesKiziltash, Kyzyltash

Geography

Krasnokamianka is a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta, on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

It is near the headquarters of the Eurasian Scout Region, the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in Gurzuf.

References
  1. This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
  2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.