Kandalaksha
Sign in to saveKandalaksha 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:
Key facts
- 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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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'.