Kingisepp

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Kingisepp is a town in northwestern Russia near the Estonian border, known for its industrial base and historical roots dating back to the 14th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kingisepp canonical 7
Kingisepp Urban Settlement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Kingiseppsky District ⓘ
administrativeDivision Kingisepp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingisepp Urban Settlement
borderCrossingRole important transit point between Russia and Estonia ⓘ
borderProximity about 20–30 km from Estonian border ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dateEstablished 14th century ⓘ
distanceTo about 120 km southwest of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
economicRole regional industrial center ⓘ
federalDistrict Northwestern Federal District ⓘ
hasAreaCode +7 81375 ⓘ
hasCityStatus 18th century ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage remains of Yam fortress ⓘ
hasFortification medieval fortress of Yam ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Yama ⓘ
Yamburg ⓘ
hasIndustry building materials ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ
fertilizer production ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
hasPopulation around 47000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
hasPostalCode 188480 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Orthodox churches ⓘ
historicalEvent occupied by German forces during World War II ⓘ
languageMajority Russian ⓘ
liberatedIn 1944 ⓘ
locatedIn Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
northwestern Russia ⓘ
locatedNear Estonia ⓘ
Estonian border ⓘ
locatedOn Luga River ⓘ
namedAfter Viktor Kingisepp ⓘ
nearbyFacility Port of Ust-Luga ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Kingiseppsky District ⓘ
railwayConnectionTo St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
region Ingria ⓘ
river Luga River ⓘ
roadConnectionTo Narva ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
timeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure highway A180 (Narva Highway) ⓘ
railway station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leningrad Oblast → containsCity → Kingisepp ⓘ
Kingisepp → administrativeDivision → Kingisepp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingisepp Urban Settlement
Slantsy → roadConnection → Kingisepp ⓘ
Ust-Luga → hasRailConnectionTo → Kingisepp ⓘ
Ust-Luga → hasRoadConnectionTo → Kingisepp ⓘ
Luga River → hasCityOnRiver → Kingisepp ⓘ