Arkhyz
Архыз | |
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village | |
 The village of Arkhyz | |
Location of Arkhyz  | |
  Arkhyz Location of Arkhyz  Arkhyz Arkhyz (Karachay-Cherkessia) | |
| Coordinates: 43°33′54″N 41°16′44″E / 43.565°N 41.278889°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkessia |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Elevation | 1,470 m (4,820 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 505 |
| • Municipal district | Zelenchuksky District |
| • Rural settlement | Arkhyz Rural District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 369152 |
| OKTMO ID | 91610402101 |
Arkhyz (also Nizhny Arkhyz, Russian: Архыз; Karachay-Balkar: Ырхыз, Irxız lit. 'mudflows') is a village in the valley of the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, in the Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, Greater Caucasus, Russia, about 70 km inland from the Black Sea shore. The modern village was founded in 1923 near the confluence of the Arkhyz and Pshish rivers. It is located in a mountainous region in the vicinity of the eponymous aul sitting at an altitude of 1,450 meters. The elevation of the surrounding mountains is more than 3,000 meters above the sea. The population is 505 (2010 Census).[1]
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)