Kamyzyak (russian: Камызя́к; kk, Құмөзек, ''Qumózek'') is a

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and the

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Kamyzyaksky District Kamyzyaksky District (russian: Камызя́кский райо́н; kk, Құмөзек ауданы, ) is an administrativeLaw #67/2006-OZ and municipalLaw #43/2004-OZ district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is loc ...

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, ''Astrakhanskaya oblast'', , ''Astrakhan oblysy'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center ...

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, located on the Kamyzyak River (a branch in the

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of the

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), south of

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) 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 ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

Kamyzyak was founded around 1560 as a fishing village along the

. It was granted town status on February 2, 1973.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kamyzyak serves as the

.Law #67/2006-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kamyzyaksky 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 Kamyzyak. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kamyzyak is incorporated within Kamyzyaksky Municipal District as Kamyzyak Urban Settlement.Law #43/2004-OZ

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Kamyzyak

Kamyzyak Business Directory
*Mojgorod.ru

{{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Cities and towns in Astrakhan Oblast Populated places established in 1560