As one of the most unique, in view of the extraordinarythe wealth of its nature, the abundance of lakes, rivers, various forms of relief, on the map of Russia known Khabarovsk Territory. The towns and villages are inhabited mainly by indigenous small northern peoples - Evenks, Udege, Ulchi, Nanais, Nivkhs, Orochi, 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, cities and other settlements of which are mapped, along the Kazakevichy channel and the Ussuri River borders with China. The nearest neighbors on the territory of the Russian Federation are: the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Primorsky Territory, Yakutia, the Amur and Magadan regions. From the east the region is washed by the seas - Japanese and Okhotsk. From the island of Sakhalin is separated by straits -Nevel and Tatar. The length of the coastline of the Khabarovsk Territory is about 2,500 km. In addition to the continental part, there are several islands in its composition, the largest of which are Shantarsky.
Subject of the federation
The Khabarovsk Territory is included in theFar 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 district centers. The number of inhabitants is 577.7 thousand people.
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It is a large industrial center. The number of inhabitants is 257 751 people.
- Amursk. The satellite city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the administrative center of the Amur region. Population: 43 420 people.
- Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. A small port city on the river. Lower Amur. Number of inhabitants: 22 634 people.
- The Soviet Harbor. Another port city, district center. Population: 27 671 people.
- Vyazemsky. A small town, located in the south of the edge. This is one of the major railway stations.
- Bikin. The southernmost city, located on the border with Primorsky Krai, district center. Here live 17 156 people.
Khabarovsk Territory: settlements
The cities of the region do not limit the list of its settlements. The large settlements of the Khabarovsk Territory (with more than 10 thousand inhabitants) are:
- village Vanino. Sputnik Sovetskaya Gavan, district center;
- Solar. Industrial smt. Located on the river. Silinka near the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur;
- Chegdomyn. Work settlement. It is very cold in winter;
- village Elban (Amur region). It is located in the valley of the river. Elban;
- the village of Knyaz-Volkonskoe;
- Ayan village. Residents are engaged in fishing and its processing;
- the village of Okhotsk. Communication with the village in winter is possible only by air;
- settlement Pereyaslavka, district center;
- village Troitskoe, district center;
- village it. Polina Osipenko. It differs in severe winter;
- the village of Bogorodskoye. More than 2/3 of the population are representatives of the Ulchi people.
The Khabarovsk Territory, whose cities and other settlements are considered in the article, has the lowest population density in the country (1.7 people per square kilometer).
