Russia
NW Russia
Murmansk Oblast

Afrikanda

Afrikanda is a rural locality in administrative jurisdiction of Town with Jurisdictional Territory in , , located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of 140 meters above sea level. Population: 1,644.
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  • Type: Village with 1,640 residents
  • Description: Polyarnye Zori, Kola peninsula
  • Also known as: “Africanda”, “Posëlok Afrikanda”, and “Африканда-1”
  • Address: муниципальный округ Полярные Зори

Places of Interest

Highlights include Afrikanda Air Base.

Aerodrome
Afrikanda is a former military air base in , Russia. It is located just north of the village of the same name. It was built for fighter operations with 30 revetments, and has largely served in the interceptor aircraft role.

Afrikanda

Latitude
67.44169° or 67° 26′ 30″ north
Longitude
32.77691° or 32° 46′ 37″ east
Population
1,640
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
Inception
1925
Open location code
9GVJCQRG+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303015821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
584087
Wiki­data ID
Q1987760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Afrikanda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أفريكاندا، مورمانسك”
  • Arabic: “أفريكاندا”
  • Armenian: “Աֆրիկանդա (գյուղ, Պոլյարնիե Զորի քաղաքային օկրուգ)”
  • Armenian: “Աֆրիկանդա”
  • Belarusian: “Афрыканда”
  • Belarusian: “Пасёлак Афрыканда”
  • Cebuano: “Afrikanda”
  • Chechen: “Африканда”
  • Czech: “Afrikanda”
  • Dutch: “Afrikanda”
  • Finnish: “Haapalahti”
  • French: “Afrikanda”
  • Polish: “Afrikanda”
  • Russian: “Африканда”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آفریکاندا”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ж.Д. Вокзал and Afrikanda.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Afrikanda”. Photo: Вячеслав Лобанов, CC BY 3.0.