St. Petersburg
Native name: Санкт-Петербург
(Sankt-Peterburg)
Country: |
Russia
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Climate: |
Dfb
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Language: |
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Russian
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Elevation:
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11m
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Global
city
category.:
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Gamma Global Cities
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City population.: |
4,990,602
(2012)
Rank:
#27
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Metro population.: |
4,879,566
(2010)
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At once Russian and thoroughly European, St. Petersburg boasts a magnificent city center (designated
world heritage by UNESCO) and looks as if it's been around for many centuries. In point of fact,
St. Petersburg (founded in 1703) is younger than some cities of the New World.
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