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 | 472,300sq.km |
| Extent from north to south in kilometres | 1600km |
| Extent from westto east in kilometres | 450km |
| Population | 333,644 |
| Time zone | +9MSK+12GMT |
| Distance from Moscow to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in kilometres | 8200km |
| Districts in the Kamchatka Peninsula: | |
| Kamchatka Region | 7 |
| KoryakAutonomousArea | 4 |
| Towns | 3 |
| Other settlements | 56 |
| Nationalities and ethnic groups | About 170 |
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