What is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?
[[File:Petropavlovsk_Kamchatsky_at_night.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at night]] [[Image:Gerb pk.jpg|right|90px]] [[Image:Flag of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Kamchatka krai).png|right|250px]] '''Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky''' ({{lang-ru|Петропа́вловск-Камча́тский}}) is a city in [[Russia]]. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the administrative, industrial and cultural center of [[Kamchatka Krai]]. Population: 163,152 (2024). The city lies on the [[Pacific]] coast of the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. It was founded by [[Vitus Bering]] in [[1740]] and was named after ships the ''St. Peter'' and the ''St. Paul''. Principal industry is [[fishing]]. ==Education== * [[Kamchatka state university]] * [[Kamchatka state technical university]] ==Science== [[Institute of volcanology and seismology]] of Far East Branch of [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] is located in the city. Climate is mild. Annual average temperature is +2,8&nbsp;°C. == Other websites == * [http://petropavlovsk.kamchatka.ru/ Official website of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky urban district] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234119/http://petropavlovsk.kamchatka.ru/ |date=2009-03-31 }} {{commonscat|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky}} {{coord|53|1|N|158|39|E|display=title}} {{multistub|geo|Asia}} [[Category:Capitals of krais of Russia]] [[Category:Kamchatka Krai]]