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Sunday, 15 October 2006 |
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Kamchatka (Kamchatka Region and Koryak Autonomous Area) occupies the area of 472,300 sq. km. (2,8 % of Russia's territory), and includes Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander, and Karaginsky Islands.
The southern point lays at latitude of 51° north, the northern point lays at latitude 65 ° north. The extentfrom north to south is about 1600 km; and from west to east in the narrowest part it is about 80 km, in the broadest part—450 km.
| Total area square kilometers |
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472,300sq.km |
| Extent from north to south in kilometres |
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1600km |
| Extent from westto east in kilometres |
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450km |
| Population |
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333,644 |
| Time zone |
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+9MSK+12GMT |
| Distance from Moscow to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in kilometres |
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8200km |
| Districts in the Kamchatka Peninsula: |
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Kamchatka Region |
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7 |
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KoryakAutonomousArea |
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4 |
| Towns |
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3 |
| Other settlements |
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56 |
| Nationalities and ethnic groups |
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About 170 |
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