page_title: Astrakhan
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Astrakhan / Demographics / Religion
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Мечеть «Белая» (Астраханская область, Астрахань, З. Космодемьянской улица, 41, Бэра улица, 15, Спартаковская улица, 34) This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 3000351000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Astrakhan is a city in southern Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on two banks of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of 28 meters below sea level, makes it the lowest city in Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 520,339; up from 504,501 recorded in the 2002 Census and 509,210 recorded in the 1989 Census.
  The city of Astrakhan forms the core part of the Astrakhan metropolitan area.
  The oldest economic and cultural center of the Lower Volga, it is often called the southernmost outpost of Russia and the Caspian capital. The city is a member of the Eurasian Regional Office of the World Organization "United Cities and Local Governments" Its population is diverse and includes one hundred ethnicities and fourteen religious denominations.
  The city is located in the upper part of the Volga delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression. The distance to Moscow by road is 1,411 kilometers. The nearest big city is Volgograd.
context_section_description: Astrakhan is the archiepiscopal see of one of the metropolitanates and (as Astrakhan and Yenotayevka) eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church, its only other suffragan being Akhtubinsk. There is also a Catholic community, served by the Church of the Assumption of Mary (Astrakhan). The Muslim Bulgar population is now gone/assimilated.
caption: White Mosque of Astrakhan
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