Khabarovsk Krai

53137Koordinaten: 53 ° 0 ' N, 137 ° 0' O

The Khabarovsk Krai (Russian Хабаровский край / Chabarowski krai) is an administrative region ( krai) in Russia.

The region is located on the Pacific coast, especially in the north to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, in the south on the Japan Sea and the Tatar Strait, which separates the mainland from the island of Sakhalin. The surface of the region is mostly mountainous, ranging from Dschugdschurgebirge in the north to the northern part of the Sikhote -Alin in the south. The most important river is the Amur.

Population

The population lives mainly in Amurtal.

The majority of the population account for about 1.3 million Russians, followed by about 50,000 Ukrainians. White Russians, Tatars and Koreans, German, Chinese, Jews, Azeris and Armenians are each represented by several thousand members.

Several indigenous peoples of the Russian North in the region have their main settlements: The largest groups are the approximately 10,000 Nanai, rayon mainly in Nanaiski that Ultschen, rajon predominantly in Ultschski, the smallest with about 400 members group Orotschen, mainly in the lowlands of the River Tumnin and Negidalen. The Niwchen settle next to Khabarovsk on the neighboring island of Sakhalin, the Udehe in Primorye, while Evens and Evenki live scattered over a large number of territories.

Economy

The most important industries include metal and engineering ( Dalen Ergo Mach and others), aircraft ( KnAAPO Komsomolsk, production facility for Sukhoi - machines) and pharmaceutical industry ( Dalchimprom in Khabarovsk ), besides forestry and fishing. Judging by its size, the Khabarovsk region is rather poor in natural resources explored. However, it is the promotion of gold to the seventh, of platinum ( for example, in Kondjor massif ) in second place among the subjects of the federation Russia.

Administrative divisions and largest towns

The region is divided into 17 Rajons and two urban districts. The urban districts include the only two cities in the region, Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on- Amur. There are seven cities and 19 urban-type settlements (as of 2012), including Okhotsk with one of the oldest Russian settlements on the Pacific coast.