Khibiny (russian: Хибины), also known as Khibino (),
[''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 68–69] is the
rural locality (a ''
Station
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Agriculture
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'') in
Apatity municipality of
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
,
Russia
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. The village is located beyond the
Arctic circle
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, on the
Kola Peninsula
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, image_name= Kola peninsula.png
, image_caption= Kola Peninsula as a part of Murmansk Oblast
, image_size= 300px
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, map_caption = Location of Murmansk Oblas ...
. It is 142 m above sea level.
Khibino served as the
administrative center
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of
Yekostrovsky Selsoviet of
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost (russian: Ко́льско-Лопа́рская во́лость) was at various times an administrative division (a volost) of Kemsky, Kolsky, and Alexandrovsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (a ...
of
Alexandrovsky Uyezd
Alexandrovsky Uyezd (russian: Александровский уезд) was an administrative division (an uyezd) of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Russian SFSR.
The origins of Alexandrovsky Uyezd trace back to Kols ...
of
Arkhangelsk Governorate in the
Russian SFSR
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, when the selsoviet's administrative center was moved here from
Polovinka by the Resolution of Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost Executive Committee of December 9, 1924.
As of the 2010 census, Khibino is uninhabited.
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Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast