Event Passport Krasnodar Region
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Krasnodar Region
K
rasnodar Region is located in the south
of Russia, the Southwestern part of the
North Caucasus to be the southernmost
region of Russia. The territory is located
roughly between the equator and the
pole, at the latitude of Northern Italy and
Southern France; the 45th parallel divides
it into two approximately equal parts.
The territory borders with the
Rostov Region in the North-East,
with the Stavropol Territory - in
the East, with Abkhazia - in the
South. From the North-West
and the South-West, the terri-
tory is washed with the Sea of
Azov and the Black Sea. The total
length of the territory's borders
is 1,540 km: 800 km of them are
overland, and 740 km are over-
sea. The greatest length of the
territory from the North to the
South is 327 km, and from the
West to the East is 360 km.
The region is included in the
Southern Federal District of the
Russian Federation.
The region comprises the Repub- administrative centre of the ter-
lic of Adygeya.
Over five million people reside
in the territory; 53% of which
– in cities, and 47% - in the ru-
ral area. The average popula-
tion density is 73.8 people per 1
square kilometre. The Krasnodar
Region comprises 44 municipali-
ties and urban districts, including
26 cities, 21 urban settlements
and 1,717 rural settlements. The
biggest municipal entities are
Krasnodar (1.4 mln. people), So-
chi urban resort (493 K people),
Novorossiysk (331 K people), Ar-
mavir (191 K people) and Anapa
urban resort (186 K people). The
ritory is Krasnodar that celebrat-
ed its 25th anniversary in 2018.
The territory is divided into two
extremely different parts: the
northern plains and the south-
ern mountainous ones. The plain
area - the Kuban Lowland - takes
two-thirds of the territory. The
Southern area is formed by sys-
tems of ridges of the Western
Caucasus, a stripe of adjacent
foothills and a narrow line of the
Black Sea coast.
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Common information about the region
Population (K people) - 5,637.8
Air-line distance to Moscow - 1,194 km
Railway distance to Moscow - 1,391 km
AM distance to Moscow - 1,345 km
Area of the region, - 75 K sq. km
Regional centre - Krasnodar
Population of the regional centre (K people) 1400
Tourists are attracted to the Krasnodar Region by:
a variety of climate zones (subtropical
and Alpine climate);
2 warm seas (the Black Sea, the Sea
of Azov);
a length of beach territories: over
500 km of beaches in total (sand,
shells, pebble);
• a variety of landscapes - flatlands
and mountainous areas;
a rich natural recreational potential,
including sanative mineral springs,
sulfurated therapeutic muds,
geothermal sources, etc.
There are 3 resorts of the federal importance in the territory:
Sochi
Anapa
Gelendzhik
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