Kingisepp
Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Yamburg" redirects here. For other uses, see Yamburg (disambiguation).
For the Estonian surname, see Kingsepp. For the town in Estonia formerly known as "Kingissepa", see Kuressaare.
Kingisepp (Russian: Ки́нгисепп or Кингисе́пп), formerly Yamburg (Я́мбург), Yam (Ям), and Yama (Я́ма; Votic: Jaama), is a town and the administrative center of Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Luga River 138 kilometers (86 mi) southwest of St. Petersburg, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Narva, and 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 48,488 (2010 Russian census);[3] 50,295 (2002 Census);[8] 49,954 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
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Kingisepp
Кингисепп | |
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Coordinates: 59°22′N 28°37′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast[1] |
Administrative district | Kingiseppsky District[1] |
Settlement municipal formation | Kingiseppskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1] |
First mentioned | 1384[2] |
Elevation | 25.6 m (84.0 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 48,488 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 46,747 (−3.6%) |
• Rank | 327th in 2010 |
• Capital of | Kingiseppsky District,[1] Kingiseppskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1] |
• Municipal district | Kingiseppsky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Kingiseppskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Kingiseppsky Municipal District,[5] Kingiseppskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | 188480, 188482, 188485, 188487, 188489, 188499 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 81375 |
OKTMO ID | 41621101001 |
Website | www |
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