Afrikanda (rural locality)

Afrikanda (in English) Африканда (Russian)
- Rural locality - Inhabited locality
Residential apartment blocks in Afrikanda
Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Afrikanda Location of Afrikanda in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 67°26′27″N 32°47′29″E / 67.44083°N 32.79139°E / 67.44083; 32.79139Coordinates: 67°26′27″N 32°47′29″E / 67.44083°N 32.79139°E / 67.44083; 32.79139
Administrative status (as of 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory
Municipal status (as of October 2007)
Urban okrug	Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	1,644 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Postal code(s)	184220
Dialing code(s)	+7 81532
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Afrikanda (Russian: Африканда) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in administrative jurisdiction of Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of 140 meters (460 ft) above sea level. Population: 1,644 (2010 Census).

Afrikanda used to be classified as an urban-type settlement but was demoted in status to that of a rural locality on January 1, 2005.

Afrikanda is served by a minor railway station of the same name on the Kirov Railway, between Polyarnye Zori and Apatity.

An air base of the same name is located just north of Afrikanda.