Kalmykia
Kalmykia is a republic in Southern Russia and is the only Tibetan Buddhist area of Europe. 20% of the Kalmykia's land is national reserves, parks and hunting plots.Destinations
Elista
Elista is the capital of Kalmykia. The city was founded in 1865, and has a population of just over 100,000.Lagan
Lagan is a city in Kalmykia. The town was founded in 1870 and has a population of around 15,000.Kalmykia
- Location: Southern Russia, Russia, Europe
- Population: 275,000
- Latitude: 46.5° or 46° 30' north
- Longitude: 45.5° or 45° 30' east
- Elevation: -7 meters (-23 feet)
- Neighbors: Astrakhan Oblast, Dagestan, Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai and Volgograd Oblast
- GeoNames ID: 553972
Also Known As
- English: Kalmykiya Republic
- Finnish: Kalmukia
- French: Kalmoukie
- French: République de Kalmoukie
- German: Kalmückien
- Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч
- Portuguese: Calmúquia
- Russian: Калмыкия
- Russian: Республика Калмыкия
- Spanish: Kalmukia
- Spanish: República de Kalmukia
- Swedish: Kalmuckien
- Kalmyk ASSR
- Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast
- Kalmyk Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
- Kalmytskaya ASSR
- Kalmytskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
- Respublika Kalmykiya
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