Khabarovsk
Хабаровск | |
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City[1] | |
Anthem: Anthem of Khabarovsk[2] | |
Coordinates: 48°29′N 135°05′E / 48.483°N 135.083°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai[3] |
Founded | May 31, 1858[4] |
City status since | 1880[5] |
Government | |
• Body | City Duma[6] |
• Mayor[6] | Sergei Kravchuk[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 400 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 577,441 |
• Estimate (2018)[10] | 618,150 (+7%) |
• Rank | 26th in 2010 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
Administrative status | |
• Subordinated to | city of krai significance of Khabarovsk[1] |
• Capital of | Khabarovsk Krai[3], city of krai significance of Khabarovsk[11] |
Municipal status | |
• Urban okrug | Khabarovsk Urban Okrug[12] |
• Capital of | Khabarovsk Urban Okrug[12], Khabarovsky Municipal District[13] |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [14]) |
Postal code(s)[15] | 680000–680003, 680006, 680007, 680009, 680011–680015, 680017, 680018, 680020–680023, 680025, 680026, 680028–680033, 680035, 680038, 680040–680043, 680045, 680047, 680051, 680052, 680054, 680055, 680700, 680880, 680890, 680899, 680921, 680950, 680960–680967, 680970, 680999, 901183, 901185 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 4212 |
OKTMO ID | 08701000001 |
City Day | Last Sunday of May[4] |
Twin towns | Villeurbanne, Niigata, Portland, Victoria, Harbin, Bucheon, Sanya, Chongjin, Mudanjiang, Haikou, Musashino |
Website | khabarovskadm |
Khabarovsk (Russian: Хабаровск) is a city in and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It has 618,150 people as of 2018.
Khabarovsk is located at the Amur River just below the city's confluence with the Ussuri. Khabarovsk was named after E.P. Khabarov, who made several undertaken journeys to the Amur River basin in the mid-17th century. Khabarovsk was founded in May 31,1858 as a military outpost. Khabarovsk's nodal position at the point at which the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Amur River made it an important focus of the Russian Far East, and at one time it administered the entire area to the Bering Strait, which connects Russia and North America. Modern Khabarovsk spreads across a series of small valleys and ridges perpendicular to the Amur.
Khabarovsk has an attractive waterfront park and long area and a mixture of modern apartment blocks, factories, and old, one-story wooden houses. It is a major industrial centre, with most enterprises located in the upstream district. They include large scale engineering and machine-building industries, oil refining, timber working, furniture making, and many light industries.
Khabarovsk has an institution of higher education, agricultural, medical, teacher-training, and railway-engineering institutes and several scientific-research establishments.