Khumar
Khumarinskoye gorodishche or Khumar is a ruined medieval fortress on the top of Mount Kalezh above the Kuban Gorge in the Greater Caucasus, near Khumara village, Karachaevsky district, Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia.
- Type: Village with 1,430 residents
- Description: human settlement in Karachayevsky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia
- Also known as: “Khumara” and “Khumarinskiy”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ordzhonikidzevsky and Malokurganny.
Ordzhonikidzevsky
Village
Novyy Karachay
Village
Novy Karachay is an urban locality in Karachayevsky District of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,035. Novyy Karachay is situated 4½ km south of Khumar.
Khumar
- Categories: aul, administrative divisions of Russia, and locality
- Location: Karachay-Cherkessia, North Caucasus, Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
43.85916° or 43° 51′ 33″ north
Longitude
41.91484° or 41° 54′ 53″ east
Population
1,430
Elevation
802 metres (2,631 feet)
Open location code
8HM3VW57+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Khumar” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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