Kaliningrad
Калининград | |
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![]() Church of the Holy Family; Königsberg Cathedral; "Fishermen's village" in pseudo-historic style; Brandenburg Gate; King's Gate; Pregolya River | |
Anthem: none[1] | |
Coordinates: 54°42′01″N 20°27′11″E / 54.70028°N 20.45306°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Founded | 1 September 1255[2] |
Government | |
• Body | City Council of Deputies[3] |
• Head[3] | Alexey Silanov[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 223.03 km2 (86.11 sq mi) |
Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 431,402 |
• Estimate (January 2018)[6] | 475,056 |
• Rank | 40th in 2010 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
• Subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Kaliningrad |
• Capital of | Kaliningrad Oblast, city of oblast significance of Kaliningrad |
• Urban okrug | Kaliningrad Urban Okrug |
• Capital of | Kaliningrad Urban Okrug |
Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[8] | 236001 - 236999 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 4012 |
OKTMO ID | 27701000001 |
City Day | 4 July; observed on the first Saturday of July |
Twin towns | Zeitz, Bremerhaven, Brest, Cagliari, Baranavichy![]() |
Website | www |
Kaliningrad (Russian: Калинингра́д; Lithuanian: Karaliaučius; German: Königsberg (help·info); Polish: Królewiec; briefly Russified as Russian: Кёнигсберг Kyonigsberg) is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, the third-largest city in the Baltic region and the seventh-largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is the westernmost Oblast of Russia.
It is surrounded by NATO and European Union members Poland and Lithuania and is geographically separated from the main part of Russia itself. Borderless connection is only possible by sea or air.
In 2002, it had a population of 430,003 people. This was more than in 1989, when the last census was done. At that time, the city only had a population of 401,280. About 78% of the people there are Russians, 8% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians.[9]
Until World War II the people were mostly Germans. Many fled during the war, and the rest were expelled between 1946 and 1949.
It was named Königsberg originally. The city had that name from 1254 to 1945.
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