As one of the most unique, in view of the extraordinary richness of its nature, the abundance of lakes, rivers, various relief forms, the Khabarovsk Territory is known on the map of Russia. Cities and villages are inhabited mainly by indigenous small northern peoples - Evenki, Udege, Ulchi, Nanai, Nivkh, Orochi, Negidal and Even.
The region is located in the center of the Far East of Russia, is one of the largest administrative and territorial entities of the Russian Federation. The Khabarovsk Territory, whose cities and other settlements are mapped, borders the China along the Kazakevichy Channel and the Ussuri River . The closest neighbors in 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 Japanese and Okhotsk. It is separated from Sakhalin Island by the Nevelsky and Tatar Straits. The coastline of the Khabarovsk Territory is about 2.5 thousand km long. In addition to the continental part, there are several islands in its composition, the largest of which are Shantar.
Subject of the federation
Khabarovsk Territory is included in the Far Eastern Federal District. Date of foundation - 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 largest city of the region, one of the district centers. The population is 577.7 thousand people.
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It is a large industrial center. Number of inhabitants 257 751
- Amursk. The 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
- Soviet Harbor. Another port town, district center. Population: 27,671
- Vyazemsky. A small city located in the south of the region. This is one of the major railway stations.
- Bikin. The southernmost city, located on the border with the Primorsky Territory, the district center. It is home to 17,156 people.
Khabarovsk Territory: villages
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) include:
- Town Vanino. Satellite Sovetskaya Gavan, district center;
- Solar. Industrial town. Located on the river. Silinka near the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur;
- Chegdomyn. The working village. It differs in a very cold winter;
- Settlement Elban (Amur region). Located in the valley of the river. Elban;
- Knyaz-Volkonskoye village;
- Ayan village. Residents are engaged in fishing and fish processing;
- Okhotsk village. Communication with the village in winter is possible only by air;
- Pereyaslavka village, district center;
- Troitskoye village, district center;
- village to them. Polina Osipenko. Differs in severe winter;
- the village of Bogorodskoye. More than 2/3 of the population are representatives of the Ulchi people.
Khabarovsk Territory, the cities and other settlements of which are considered in the article, has the lowest population density in the country (1.7 people per 1 sq. Km).