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of Finland (an arm of the Baltic Sea). The geographical coordinates of the city center are 59°57' North and 30°19' East. Situated at the junction of sea, river and land-based routes, Saint Petersburg is Russia’s gateway to Europe, its strategic center closest to the countries of the European Community.
Inland waters occupy about 10% of the city area.

The total area of the city (together with areas under municipal jurisdiction) – 1439 km2.

The population is 4,571,100 people (the estimate of Petrostat as of 1.01.2007). Saint Petersburg is the second largest city of the Russian Federation (after Moscow).

Saint Petersburg is the administrative center of the North-Western Federal district which possesses an immense natural resource potential, highly developed industry, dense transportation network, and links the Russian Federation with the outside world via the sea ports in the Baltic and in the Arctic ocean.

agencies;
representative offices of 27 constituent entities and 3 cities of the Russian Federation;
49 consulates of foreign countries;
representative offices of international organizations: the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Information office of the Nordic Council of Ministers, representative offices of international foundations and unions, UN organizations;
branch offices of international cultural institutions: the German Goethe Institute, the French Institute, the British Council, the American Cultural and Information Center, the Institute of Finland, the Dutch Institute, the Danish Institute of Culture, the Israeli Cultural Center, the Italian Institute of Culture;
representative offices of Stockholm and Helsinki;
chambers of industry and commerce and business centers of foreign countries.

social stability and harmony in inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations, enhances the creative potential, spiritual evolution of individuals and the society as a whole.
Culture makes an important contribution into the economic recovery of the city, creating new jobs, attracting investment, developing new sectors – cultural tourism and artistic crafts.
Saint Petersburg is a cultural center of worldwide importance, there are 5830 cultural heritage sites there. An impressive system of arts and humanities centers operates in the city: museums, theaters, libraries, art galleries and concert halls.
It is owing to the Hermitage, the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet House, the Russian National Library, the Russian Museum, the Peter-and-Paul Fortress, the Maly Drama Theatre, the St. Isaac’s Cathedral that Saint Petersburg ranks among the top ten cities of the world most attractive to visitors.
UNESCO has put historic downtown Saint Petersburg on the World Heritage List.
Culture represents the strategic potential for the development of Saint Petersburg as a multi-functional city of European standard, integrated into the Russian and the world economy.

and national importance, where unique objects of cultural and historic heritage can be found:
there are 5 830 cultural heritage sites in Saint-Petersburg, 3 590 of them are of Federal importance;
over 80% of historic landmarks belonging to the 18th and 19th centuries are originals;
Saint Petersburg ranks the eighth in the list of the most popular and attractive travel destinations in the world (reported by UNESCO);
Saint-Petersburg, as an area with 36 integrated sites bringing together some 4,000 of outstanding architectural, historical and cultural landmarks, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

the municipal system: 37;
Federal museums: 21;
District museums: 10;
Museums sponsored by government agencies: 82;
Private and community-run museums: 6;
Regional museums: 26.
Total: 182

Libraries
Public libraries of the municipal system – 5 plus 12 branches;
District libraries – 18 plus 155branches;
Federal libraries – 1;
Libraries of the system of the RF Academy of Sciences – 34;
Libraries of the Trade Union system – 96;
In-house libraries (of universities, colleges and vocational schools, museums, theaters) – 945.
Total: 1 270

district administrations – 20;
Theaters sponsored by the regional administration located in the city – 4.
Total: 49

Concert production organizations
Municipal concert production organizations – 15;
Federal concert production organizations: 1 (the Saint Petersburg D.D. Shostakovich Philharmonic – the Grand Hall and the M.I. Glinka Small Hall);
Private concert production organizations and those run by other agencies and non-commercial associations – 98 (including 68 music clubs producing concerts of live music).

music schools and schools of art – 45.
District music and art schools – 19
Total: 69

Parks
Municipal parks – 5;
Municipal parks – 2.

Non-government cultural organizations
Associations, international NGOs, ethnic societies and cultural centers, clubs, societies, creative unions, foundations, not-for-profit organizations, joint-stock companies) – 417.

science which has a capacity to generate important achievements in science and technology in most diverse areas: hydrogen power engineering, microsystems, nano- and biotechnologies, new materials and other critical areas of research. The scientific potential of the city has the following distinctive characteristics:

existence of unique scientific schools, availability of high-skilled research scientists, engineers, technicians and production workers capable of leadership in the development of research and technologies and of participation in prestigious international projects;
capacity to combine the promising avenues of research of systemic, fundamental character and target-oriented research and development focused on a specific result;
capacity to support a highly dynamic production process, which makes itself manifest in continuous renewal of process components (items under research, development, and in production; technologies, circuitry and structural design, information flows etc.).

institutions including 48 scientific institutions in the system of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
327 sectoral scientific institutions;
78 institutions of higher education;
13 innovation and technology centers and science and technology parks. 160 innovation firms operate in the centers and technoparks; the total output of science-intensive products is 2.2 billion rubles annually; the total number of those employed there is 4.500;
23 Centers for shared access to unique equipment.

400,000 students.

The system of public education in Saint Petersburg is represented by an extensive network of pre-school, elementary, basic and secondary educational institutions, and of primary, secondary vocational and continuation schools for children and adults. The system is characterized by a high degree of diversity of educational services and their high accessibility for a metropolis.

exchange;
«Saint Petersburg» stock exchange;
Saint Petersburg futures exchange.

Organizations, operating in Saint Petersburg:
42 banks and lending agencies;
111 branches of lending agencies from other regions;
62 insurance companies (98,4% of them privately owned);
365 branches of insurance companies (100% private).

There Are:
about 3 million square meters of office space, including 420,000 square meters of A and B class office space (more than 105,000 sq m were put into commission in 2006);
350,000 sq m of A and B class storage areas;
2.7 million sq m of commercial space.

Petersburg is performed by:
underground (subway),
overland electric transport,
buses,
commuter trains,
taxicabs.

The annual passenger traffic in the public passenger transport system of Saint Petersburg is over 2 billion trips (on an average 5.5 million passenger-trips per day):
subway – 41%,
municipal buses – 15%,
overland electric transport – 23%,
private commercial buses – 15%,
commuter trains – 6%.

combined length is 103.7 km, there are 61 stations with 68 entrance halls and 6 interchange stations);
39 streetcar lines;
41 trolley bus lines;
317 municipal bus lines;
429 privately-run commercial bus lines;
railroad lines (about 100 stations within the Saint Petersburg city limits).

in Saint Petersburg for the period up to 2015:

A package of program measures to stabilize and develop the overland public passenger transport system of Saint Petersburg up to 2015 (the Resolution of the Government of Saint Petersburg of 26.12.2002, №65).
The Program for the Development of subway (underground) and other kinds of high-speed out-of-street transport in Saint Petersburg up to 2015 (the Resolution of the Government of Saint Petersburg of 25.04.2002, №20).

In accordance with the Program construction of new subway stations and lines is under way in Saint Petersburg, as well as design work at a new kind of high-speed municipal public transport – «Overhead express train».

the international overseas cargo traffic of the Russian Federation, being a leader in transshipment of dry, containerized and reefer cargoes among sea ports of Russia.

The port is connected to the sea by the Sea Channel 27 nautical miles long. Navigation is possible all year round. Guaranteed depths provide for safe pilotage and convenient berthing of ships up to 260 m in length and drawing up to 11 m. The port has an extensive infrastructure:

49 quays,
storage area of more than 1 million sq m,
covered warehouses of 105,000 sq m,
outdoor storage areas of 105,000 sq m,
a pool of up-to-date cargo handling equipment,
skilled workforce,
5 stevedoring companies operate in the port, leasing property from OAO «The Sea Port of Saint Petersburg» and the Maritime Administration,
dozens of service companies take part in servicing the port.

trade relations with countries on all continents:
it delivers to Russia 51% of all import cargoes shipped by sea,
it ships 13% of all export cargoes shipped by sea.

The representatives of Saint Petersburg take part in the work of international regional organizations:
The Union of the Baltic Cities,
The Baltic Metropoles Network (BaltMet), a forum for capitals and large metropolitan cities around the Baltic Sea,
The Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation,
The Baltic Sea Tourism Commission.

The city cooperates with inter-governmental organizations:
The Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Nordic Council of Ministers,
Forum of peripheral maritime regions in Europe,
Baltic Development Forum,
The Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association.
It is also an associate member of EUROCITIES network of major European cities, and a member of the International Association of Congress Centers.

manufacturing plant
British American Tobacco – a tobacco factory
JTI (replaced RJ Reynolds) – a tobacco factory
Coca-Cola – Coca-Cola bottlers
Lucent processing factory Technologies – a telecommunications equipment factory
Wrigley – a chewing gum factory
Gillette – a safety razor factory
Kraft Jacobs – a coffee
Scania – a bus manufacturing factory
KNAUF Gypsum Saint Petersburg – a factory producing gypsum
Pepsi-Cola – Pepsi-Cola bottlers
Elcoteq – an electronic components factory
Alcan packaging – tobacco packaging manufacturers
Stockman – trade center construction
Bosh und Siemens – white goods factory
Toyota – a car factory
Shanghai investment company – residential area construction
General Motors – a car factory
Nissan – a car factory

including car parts manufacturing;
Research and development, innovation and promotional activities;
Transport infrastructure development;
Municipal economy system development, as well as that of the utilities system for residential and non-residential housing and sites in Saint Petersburg;
Power supply facilities, together with the systems of power transmission and distribution;
Telecommunications;
Medical, preventive care and other activities in the health care system;
Activities in education, upbringing, culture and social services;
Tourism, recreation and sports, including the hotel infrastructure development.