Krasnokamianka (urban-type settlement)

For other uses, see Krasnokamenka.
Krasnokamianka
Краснокам'янка
Краснокаменка
Qızıltaş
Krasnokamianka

Location of Krasnokamianka within Crimea

Krasnokamianka

Location in Yalta Municipality

Coordinates: 44°33′50″N 34°17′20″E / 44.56389°N 34.28889°E / 44.56389; 34.28889Coordinates: 44°33′50″N 34°17′20″E / 44.56389°N 34.28889°E / 44.56389; 34.28889
Country Russia/Ukraine[1]
Republic Crimea
Municipality Yalta Municipality
Local council Gurzuf
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (2014)
  Total 1,051
Time zone MSK (UTC+4)
Postal code 98646
Former names Kiziltash, Kyzyltash

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]

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, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, there are federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. 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.
  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.


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