Kandalaksha

Kandalaksha is a town in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the head of Kandalaksha Gulf on the White Sea, north of the Arctic Circle. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kandalaksha
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Кандалакша
Russian inhabited locality.other_name: Kantalahti, Kannanlahti, Kandalakši, Kannanlakši, Kandalahti, Käddluhtt
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Кандалакша.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: A view of Kandalaksha
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Kandalaksha (Murmansk oblast) (2008).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Kandalaksha (Murmansk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Murmansk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Kandalakshsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Kandalakshsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Kandalaksha Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 35654
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1517
Russian inhabited locality.established_title: First mentioned
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: April 20, 1938
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 184041

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Official name: Kannanlakši
Population: 28438
Area: 6650
Elevation: 20
Official website: www.amo-kandalaksha.ru
Image: Кандалакша. 28.11.2012. - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 81533

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Commons category: Kandalaksha
postal code: 184041–184049
native label: Kannanlakši
inception: 1526-00-00
time of earliest written record: 1517-00-00
nickname: Город на берегу Белого моря

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Kandalaksha is a town in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the head of Kandalaksha Gulf on the White Sea, north of the Arctic Circle. Population:

== Etymology == According to the most common version, the name of the town comes from its location on the shore of Kandalaksha Bay, where kanda is the name of the river that traverses the town and laksha means 'bay' (). According to other sources, the name of the bay may come from the Sámi names Kantlukht (kannҍt, 'hill' or 'dry place among a swamp', лӯххт, 'bay') or Kandaslukht (ка̄нҍтэсь, 'pack saddle', лӯххт, 'bay'), meaning 'the bay where horse packs were reloaded'.