Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Петропавловск-Камчатский | |
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Coordinates: 53°01′N 158°39′E / 53.017°N 158.650°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
Founded | 17 October 1740 |
Government | |
• Body | City Duma |
• Head | Konstantin Bryzgin |
Area | |
• Total | 362.15 km2 (139.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 179,780 |
• Estimate (2021)[3] | 164,900 |
• Rank | 100th in 2010 |
• Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Subordinated to | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
• Capital of | Kamchatka Krai,[1] Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
• Urban okrug | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban Okrug[4] |
• Capital of | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban Okrug[4] |
Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9 [5]) |
Postal code(s)[6] | 683000 (main) |
Dialing code(s) | +7 4152 |
OKTMO ID | 30701000001 |
City Day | 17 October |
Website | pkgo |
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russian: Петропавловск-Камчатский, IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj] ) is a city and the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is located in the far east of the country and lies along the coast of Avacha Bay by the Pacific Ocean. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 164,900.[7]
The city is widely known simply as Petropavlovsk (literally "city of Peter and Paul"). The adjective Kamchatsky ("Kamchatkan") was added to the official name in 1924.
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