Volga Region
Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is the largest city and administrative centre of in southern . The city lies on two banks of the , in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, 100 km from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census.
Tap on a place
to explore it
astrgorod.ru
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Madyudya Denis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Madyudya Denis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: City with 466,000 residents
  • Description: city in the south of Russia
  • Also known as: “Astracan” and “Хаджи Тархан”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Astrakhan State Puppet Theatre and Astrakhan State Medical University.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

University
Photo: Dogad75, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Theater building
Photo: Ludushka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prigorodny, Astrakhan Oblast and Kulakovka.

Village
Prigorodny is a rural locality in Solyansky Selsoviet, , , Russia. The population was 833 as of 2010. There are 24 streets.

Village
is a rural locality in Tryokhprotoksky Selsoviet, , , Russia. The population was 1,365 as of 2010. There are 20 streets.

Village
Photo: Саид Мисарбиев, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a rural locality and the administrative center of Solyansky Selsoviet, , , Russia. The population was 3,738 as of 2010. There are 124 streets.

Astrakhan

Latitude
46.3498° or 46° 20′ 59″ north
Longitude
48.0326° or 48° 1′ 57″ east
Population
466,000
Elevation
-12 metres (-39 feet)
Inception
1558
IATA airport code
ASF
United Nations Location Code
RU ASF
Open location code
8HRC82XM+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4736064990
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
580497
Wiki­data ID
Q3927
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Astrakhan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Astrakhan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Astrachan”
  • Arabic: “أستراخان”
  • Armenian: “Աստրախան”
  • Armenian: “Հաշտարխան”
  • Asturian: “Astracán”
  • Avaric: “Астрахан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həştərxan”
  • Bashkir: “Әстерхан”
  • Bashkir: “Әстрәхән”
  • Basque: “Astrakhan”
  • Belarusian: “Астрахань”
  • Bengali: “আস্ট্রাখান”
  • Bosnian: “Astrahan”
  • Breton: “Astrac’han”
  • Breton: “Astrachan”
  • Bulgarian: “Астрахан”
  • Burmese: “အက်စထရာကန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Astracan”
  • Catalan: “Àstrakhan”
  • Cebuano: “Astrakhan‘”
  • Cebuano: “Astrakhan’”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەستراخان”
  • Chechen: “Астрахань”
  • Chechen: “Аштаркхне”
  • Chinese: “Astrakhan”
  • Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕”
  • Chuvash: “Аçтăрхан”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Astrahan”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hacı Tarhan (Astrahan)”
  • Croatian: “Astrahan”
  • Czech: “Astrachaň”
  • Danish: “Astrakan”
  • Danish: “Astrakhan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Astrahan”
  • Dutch: “Astrachan”
  • Eastern Mari: “Астрахань”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “استراخان”
  • Erzya: “Астрахань ош”
  • Esperanto: “Astraĥan”
  • Esperanto: “Astraĥano”
  • Estonian: “Astrahan”
  • Finnish: “Astrahan”
  • French: “Astrakhan”
  • Galician: “Astrakán”
  • Galician: “Астрахань”
  • Ganda: “Astrakhan”
  • Georgian: “ასტრახანი”
  • German: “Astrachan”
  • Gilaki: “آستراخان”
  • Greek: “Άστραχαν”
  • Gujarati: “અસ્ટરાખાન”
  • Hawaiian: “Ausahan”
  • Hebrew: “אסטרחן”
  • Hindi: “आस्त्राख़ान”
  • Hungarian: “Asztrahán”
  • Icelandic: “Astrakan”
  • Icelandic: “Astrakhan”
  • Ido: “Astrahan”
  • Inari Sami: “Astrahan”
  • Indonesian: “Astrakhan”
  • Ingush: “Астарха”
  • Ingush: “Аштарха”
  • Irish: “An Astracáin”
  • Irish: “Astrakhan”
  • Italian: “Astrachan‘”
  • Italian: “Astrachan’”
  • Japanese: “アストラハニ”
  • Japanese: “アストラハン”
  • Kabardian: “Ащтэрхъан”
  • Kalmyk: “Адргин балһсн”
  • Kalmyk: “Әәдрхн балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಾಖಾನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Astraxan”
  • Kazakh: “Астрахан”
  • Kirghiz: “Астрахань”
  • Komering: “Astrakhan”
  • Komi: “Астрахань”
  • Korean: “아스트라한”
  • Kurdish: “Astraxan”
  • Ladin: “Astrahan”
  • Ladino: “Astrakan”
  • Lak: “Ашттархан”
  • Latin: “Astrachanum”
  • Latvian: “Astrahaņa”
  • Lezghian: “Астрахань”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Astrahan”
  • Lithuanian: “Astrachanė”
  • Macedonian: “Астрахан”
  • Macedonian: “Астрахањ”
  • Malay: “Astrakhan”
  • Maltese: “Astrakhan”
  • Marathi: “आस्त्राखान”
  • Mazanderani: “آستراخان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Astrakhan”
  • Mingrelian: “ასტრახანი”
  • Moksha: “Астрахань”
  • Mongolian: “Астрахань”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Astrakhan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astrakhan”
  • Norwegian: “Astrakhan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Àstrakhan”
  • Ossetian: “Астрахань”
  • Persian: “آستراخان”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Astrakan”
  • Polish: “Astrachań”
  • Portuguese: “Astracã”
  • Pushto: “استراخان”
  • Romanian: “Astrahan”
  • Russia Buriat: “Астрахань”
  • Russian: “Астрахань”
  • Rusyn: “Астрахань”
  • Scots: “Astrakhan”
  • Serbian: “Astrahan”
  • Serbian: “Астрахан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Astrahan”
  • Silesian: “Astrachań”
  • Sinhala: “ආස්ට්‍රාකාන්”
  • Slovak: “Astrachán”
  • Slovenian: “Astrahan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آستراخان”
  • Spanish: “Astracan”
  • Spanish: “Astracán”
  • Swahili: “Astrahan”
  • Swedish: “Astrachan”
  • Tagalog: “Astrakhan”
  • Tajik: “Астрахан”
  • Talysh: “Həštərxan”
  • Tamil: “அஸ்டிரக்கான்”
  • Tatar: “Әстерхан”
  • Telugu: “ఆస్ట్రఖాన్”
  • Thai: “อัสตราฮัน”
  • Tumbuka: “Astrakhan”
  • Turkish: “Astrahan”
  • Turkmen: “Ajerhan”
  • Udmurt: “Астрахань”
  • Uighur: “Astiraxan”
  • Ukrainian: “Астрахань”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Astrachań”
  • Urdu: “استراخان”
  • Uzbek: “Astraxan”
  • Uzbek: “Astraxon”
  • Venetian: “Astrachan‘”
  • Veps: “Astrahan‘”
  • Veps: “Astrahan’”
  • Veps: “Astrahan”
  • Vietnamese: “Astrakhan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Astrakhan”
  • Welsh: “Astrakhan”
  • Western Armenian: “Աստրախան”
  • Western Frisian: “Astrachan”
  • Western Panjabi: “آسٹراہان”
  • Western Panjabi: “استراخان”
  • Wolof: “Astrakhan”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕”
  • Yakut: “Астархаан”
  • Yakut: “Астрахань”
  • Yiddish: “אסטראכאן”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Astrakhan”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as ЖК «Московские кварталы» and ЖК «Новый город».

Volga Region: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Mordovia, and Mari El.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “Astrakhan”. Photo: Madyudya Denis, CC BY-SA 3.0.