Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan
Советская Гавань | |
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Sovetskaya Gavan Administration building | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Sovetskaya Gavan | |
Sovetskaya Gavan Location of Sovetskaya Gavan Sovetskaya Gavan Sovetskaya Gavan (Khabarovsk Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 48°58′N 140°17′E / 48.967°N 140.283°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Founded | August 4, 1853 |
| Town status since | 1941 |
| Government | |
| • Head | Pavel Borovsky |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,712 |
• Estimate (2025) | 23,232 (−16.2%) |
| • Subordinated to | town of krai significance of Sovetskaya Gavan |
| • Capital of | town of krai significance of Sovetskaya Gavan, Sovetsko-Gavansky District |
| • Municipal district | Sovetsko-Gavansky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Sovetskaya Gavan Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Sovetsko-Gavansky Municipal District, Sovetskaya Gavan Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 ) |
| Postal code | 682880 |
| Dialing code | +7 42138 |
| OKTMO ID | 08642101001 |
| Website | admsovgav |
Sovetskaya Gavan (Russian: Сове́тская Га́вань, lit. 'Soviet harbor') is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north with the Sea of Japan in the south. Population: 27,712 (2010 census); 30,480 (2002 census); 34,915 (1989 Soviet census).
It was previously known as Imperatorskaya Gavan (Императорская Гавань, lit. 'Imperial harbour') until 1922.