St Petersburg is located at 59 ~ 60 north latitude and 29 ~ 30 east longitude. Located in the northwest of Russia, it is the innermost part of the Gulf of Finland, with an area of 1 439 square kilometers.

/kloc-at the beginning of the 0/8th century, St. Petersburg was still a swamp. With the construction of St. Petersburg, artificial canals crisscross the city. These canals were excavated during the period of Catherine II, with the purpose of alleviating the seawater flowing backward into St. Petersburg due to the shallow water in the Gulf of Finland. St Petersburg has 42 small islands connected by 423 bridges.

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In 20 18, St. Petersburg was divided into 20 administrative regions. Among them, urban area 12, suburb 8.

Downtown: Central District, Admiralty District, Vasily Island District, Vyborg District, Kalinin District, Kirov District, Corbin District, Red Guards District, Moscow District, Neva District, Petrograd District, Vorontz District?

Suburbs: Hongcun District, Kronstadt District, Kurol District, lomonosov District, Peterpalace District, Binhai District, Pushkin District and Pavlovsk District?

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