Afrikanda (Russian: Африканда) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in administrative jurisdiction of Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory in Murmansk Oblast, Russia,[1] located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of 140 meters (460 ft) above sea level. Population: 1,644 (2010 Census).[2]

Afrikanda Африканда
Inhabited locality[1]
Residential apartment blocks in Afrikanda
Location of Afrikanda
Afrikanda Location of Afrikanda Show map of Russia Afrikanda Afrikanda (Murmansk Oblast) Show map of Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 67°26′27″N 32°47′29″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast[1]
Founded	1925
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	1,644
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	184220
Dialing code(s)	+7 81532
OKTMO ID	47719000111

History

The name of the station originated with the conversation of the railway engineers that worked on the nearby rail line. On an unusually hot day, they joked that the locality was "as hot as Africa", and half-jokingly called the future station "Afrikanda"—a name which has stuck.[6]

Afrikanda used to be classified as an urban-type settlement but was demoted in status to that of a rural locality on January 1, 2005.[7]

Transportation

Afrikanda is served by a minor railway station of the same name on the Kirov Railway, between Polyarnye Zori and Apatity.

Military

An air base of the same name is located just north of Afrikanda.

References

Notes

Sources

• Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №535-01-ЗМО от 2 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе муниципального образования город Полярные Зори с подведомственной территорией», в ред. Закона №906-01-ЗМО от 26 октября 2007 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Мурманской области в связи с упразднением населённых пунктов Мурманской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №234, стр. 3, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #535-01-ZMO of December 2, 2004 On the Status of the Municipal Formation of the Town of Polyarnye Zori with Jurisdictional Territory, as amended by the Law #906-01-ZMO of October 26, 2007 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of Murmansk Oblast Due to the Abolition of the Inhabited Localities in Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).
• Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №511-01-ЗМО от 2 ноября 2004 г. «О преобразовании некоторых населённых пунктов Мурманской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г.. Опубликован: "Мурманский вестник", №216, стр. 7, 11 ноября 2004 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #511-01-ZMO of November 2, 2004 On the Transformation of Several Inhabited Localities in Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).

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