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· General
Location: |
- St.Petersburg is located at the mouth of the Neva River, and across the islands of its delta on the coast of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. |
Latitude: |
- 59 degrees 57' North
Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki are at the same latitude. But St. Petersburg is the most Northern city in the world with a population over 1 million. |
Longitude: |
- 30 degrees 19' East |
Time Zone: |
- Summer GMT +4, Winter GMT +3 |
Founded: |
- 16 (27) May, 1703 |
Population: |
- 4 million 600 thousand (as of January 2001) |
Area: |
- As of 1993 the territory of the city is 606 square kilometers, and 1439 square kilometers with the suburbs. The
length of the city from North to South is 44 kilometers, and 25 kilometers from East to West. |
Climate |
- Intermediate (from nautical to continental) climate. It is quite mild and humid with frequent fogs and
rains. There can be quite dry and hot periods in summer time, when the temperature goes up to +250C…+300C, but they last for
a week maximum. In the winter the average temperature is -100C but the hard frosts are possible and the temperature can sink
below -200C. |
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