Urban okrug Karabulak Urban Okrug Area 82 km² | Administrative center of Karabulak Urban Okrug Local time Friday 8:41 AM | |
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Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Karabulak Administrative center of town of republic significance of Karabulak Weather 3°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Karabulak (Russian: Карабулак) is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, located on the Sunzha River (a tributary of the Terek), 20 kilometers (12 mi) north of the republic's capital of Magas. Population: 30,961 (2010 Census); 31,279 (2002 Census); 9,354 (1989 Census).
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Map of Karabulak, Ingushetia, Russia
History
The Cossack stanitsa of Karabulakskaya (Карабулакская) was founded in the 19th century. Town status was granted to it in 1995.
In the 1990s, the town's population more than tripled, because of an influx of refugees from neighboring Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Karabulak—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Karabulak is incorporated as Karabulak Urban Okrug.
Economy
A chemical factory is located in Karabulak.