Geographic location and coordinates of Khabarovsk. Interesting facts about the city

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What are the geographical coordinates of Khabarovsk? Where is this city located? Why is it interesting and unique? Our article will tell about all this.

Khabarovsk: geographical location of the city

Khabarovsk is one of the largest cities in the Asian part of Russia. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century as a military outpost, however, over time it grew and became an important economic center and transport hub of the Far East.

The city is located within the Middle Amur lowland (in its southern part), not far from the state border with China. By the way, to see the Celestial Empire from here, you just need to climb the high right bank of the Amur. Khabarovsk covers an area of 37 thousand hectares. The average width of the city is ten kilometers.

Khabarovsk is characterized by a temperate monsoon type of climate. Summers are short and wet, while winters are snowy and rather cold. The average temperatures of the coldest month of the year (January) reach 20 degrees with a minus sign. About 700 mm of atmospheric precipitation falls in Khabarovsk annually. An amazing fact: the number of sunny days a year in Khabarovsk is about 300, which is three times more than in St.four times more than in Moscow.

Khabarovsk: 8 interesting facts

This is one of the most multinational cities in Russia (representatives of 32 peoples and ethnic groups live in it).
Over the past decade, Khabarovsk has been recognized three times as the most comfortable city in the country.
The banknote of 5,000 rubles depicts a monument to Muravyov-Amursky, which is located exactly in Khabarovsk.
Khabarovsk has the longest bridge in Russia (its length is 2.6 km).
In terms of area, the city is one of the five largest in the country.
Khabarovsk is located just 17 kilometers from the Chinese border.
The authoritative Forbes magazine in 2010 put Khabarovsk in second place in terms of the comfort of doing business among Russian cities.
Four consulates of foreign countries operate in Khabarovsk: China, Japan, North Korea and Belarus.

Khabarovsk coordinates latitude and longitude

Exact coordinates of Khabarovsk

It is impossible to find out where this or that settlement is located without knowing its exact coordinates. The table below contains all the necessary information to determine the geographical location of the city of Khabarovsk.

Khabarovsk coordinates: latitude and longitude

Coordinates	In degrees, minutes and seconds	In decimal degrees
Latitude	48° 29' 00″ N	48, 4827100
Longitude	135°04' 00″ East	135, 0837900

Thus, the city of Khabarovsk is located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth, in the tenth time zone (UTC+10). The time difference with Moscow is 7 hours. The distance from Khabarovsk to the Russian capital is approximately 6,000 km by air and 8,500 km by rail.

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