Khabarovsk Territory, cities and towns: geographical location, population

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

As one of the most unique, due to the extraordinary richness of its nature, the abundance of lakes, rivers, various forms of relief, Khabarovsk Krai is known on the map of Russia. Its cities and towns are inhabited mainly by small indigenous northern peoples - Evenks, Udeges, Ulchis, Nanais, Nivkhs, Orochs, Negidals and Evens.

The region is located in the center of the Far East of Russia, is one of the largest administrative-territorial entities of the Russian Federation. The Khabarovsk Territory, the cities and other settlements of which are marked on the map, borders China along the Kazakevicheva channel and the Ussuri River. The closest neighbors on the territory of the Russian Federation are: Jewish Autonomous Region, Primorsky Territory, Yakutia, Amur and Magadan Regions. From the east, the region is washed by the seas - the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is separated from Sakhalin Island by the Nevelsky and Tatar Straits. The length of the coastline of the Khabarovsk Territory is about 2.5 thousand km. In addition to the continental part, it contains several islands, the largest of which arewhich are Shantar.

Subject of Federation

Khabarovsk Territory is included in the Far Eastern Federal District. Date of formation - 1938. The regional center is Khabarovsk, in the list of the largest cities: Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Amursk, Sovetskaya Gavan.

Khabarovsk Krai: cities

• Khabarovsk. It is the administrative center and the largest city of the region, one of the regional centers. Population - 577.7 thousand people
• Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It is a major industrial center. Number of inhabitants 257,751
• Amursk. Satellite city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the administrative center of the Amur region. Population: 43,420
• Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. A small port city on the river. Lower Amur. Number of inhabitants: 22,634
• Sovetskaya Gavan. Another port town, regional center. Population: 27,671
• Vyazemsky. A small town located in the south of the region. This is one of the major train stations.
• Bikin. The southernmost city, located on the border with the Primorsky Territory, the district center. 17,156 people live here.

Khabarovsk Territory: settlements

Cities of the region do not limit the list of its settlements. Large settlements of the Khabarovsk Territory (with more than 10 thousand inhabitants) include:

• vt Vanino. Satellite town of Sovetskaya Gavan, district center;
• Sunny. Industrial town. Located on the river Silinka near the cityKomsomolsk-on-Amur;
• Chegdomyn. Working village. Characterized by very cold winter;
• village Elban (Amur district). Located in the river valley Elban;
• the village of Knyaz-Volkonskoye;
• Ayan village. Residents are engaged in fishing and processing;
• Okhotsk village. Communication with the village in winter is possible only by air;
• Pereyaslavka village, district center;
• Troitskoye village, district center;
• village them. Polina Osipenko. Characterized by severe winter;
• the village of Bogorodskoe. More than 2/3 of the population are representatives of the Ulchi people.

Khabarovsk Territory, the cities and other settlements of which are discussed in the article, has the lowest population density in the country (1.7 people per 1 sq. km).