Geographical location and area of the Crimea in the square. Km

On the border of two climatic zones, where the East meets the West, this unique edge is located - the peninsula Crimea. How many people live here today? What features of the nature of the peninsula can be distinguished? What is the area of Crimea in square meters? Km? The answers to all these questions are in this article.

Crimea is a special and amazing place!

Crimea, Tavrida is a real peninsula of treasures: natural, architectural, cultural and historical. Here you can see the rocky peaks of the mountains, high waterfalls, the ruins of ancient Greek cities and the most beautiful caves.

General information about the Crimea:

• The total population is about two million people;
• Almost 60% of them live in cities;
• The capital of Crimea - the city of Simferopol;
• The peninsula is multinational: today there live about 130 different ethnic groups;
• The southern coast of the Crimea is a continuous chain of resort villages, sanatoria, children's camps and recreation centers.

The nature of the Crimea is unique and unique . Three natural zones have converged here: steppes, mountains and seaside with a subtropical climate. On the territory of the peninsula, botanists counted 240 species of endemic plants - plants that you will not find anywhere else in the world!

The Crimea is known for its other records. So, the city of Simferopol connects with the coast the longest trolleybus line in the world. Its length is 90 kilometers! At the same time in the Crimea (in the village of Molochnoe near Evpatoria) is the shortest on the planet tram line. It was built solely to bring tourists to the sea.

What is the area of Crimea in square. Km. And the extent of its borders? This will be discussed in the next section.

Geographical location, the area of the Crimea

The peninsula Crimea is located in the southern part of Eastern Europe. It divides the two seas - the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. From the neighboring Taman peninsula, Crimea is separated by a narrow Kerch strait.

Quite often the Crimea is called an island, as it is deep into the sea surface and almost completely isolated from the mainland. Only two isthmus and a narrow Arabat Strelka connect it with the Big Land.

In many geographical reference books you can find information that the area of Crimea in the square. Km is 26 100. This figure is not entirely true, and the data is outdated. After all, an intelligent inventory of the Crimean lands was not carried out since the 1980s. Only in 2009 Ukrainian geodesists determined the exact area of the Crimea. It amounted to 25.6 thousand square kilometers. Thus, the Crimea "decreased" by almost 500 square meters. Km! This is not so little. For example, in such a territory could accommodate almost 4 Simferopol!

The total length of the borders of the Crimea (all, including land) is 2500 kilometers. The peninsula resembles a quadrangle of irregular shape. Someone sees in his form a grape brush, which is very symbolic, given the age-old local traditions of winemaking.

Where did the name Crimea come from?

From the most ancient times the peninsula, along with the adjoining Prichernomorie, bore the proud name of Tavrik. This toponym, obviously, came from the name of the tribes of the Taurians. It could be found on geographic maps until the XVII century.

Since the middle of the XV century, the name of the peninsula Crimea has been spreading more and more. Most likely, it comes from the name of the Mongolian city of Kyrym. It was from him that the Khan of the Horde, who conquered and settled on the lands of the Northern Black Sea Coast, was born.

After the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Empire, it was called in another way - Tauris.

Features of the nature of the Crimea

Despite the small area, the peninsula boasts a unique variety of natural conditions, as well as landscapes. Well, where else in the world can you visit the wild and deserted semi-desert, and then, after passing some 50 kilometers, find yourself in the subtropics, surrounded by lush vegetation?

Crimea impresses with the beauty and diversity of its flora and fauna. More than 200 endemic species of flora can be found here. And according to the species diversity of insects, the Crimea has no equal at all in Europe!

There are dozens of seaside parks with exotic plantations on the peninsula, and beautiful grandiose caves under the earth, and even the so-called failed volcanoes-the mountains-remnants. The most famous of these peaks is Mount Ayu-Dag - a symbol of Gurzuf and the entire South Coast.

In terms of the relief, the territory of the Crimea can be divided into three parts: the plain, the mountain and the hilly (the Kerch Peninsula). The Crimean mountains consist of three parallel ridges. The highest of them reaches a height of 1500 meters (the highest point of the peninsula is the Roman-Kosh mountain, 1545 m). The main ridge of the Crimean Mountains, in turn, consists of separate massifs - yayl. Each of them has its own name (for example, Demerdzhi-yaila, Karabi-yaila, etc.).

The population of Crimea and its ethnic composition

According to statistics at the end of last year, there are about two million people living in the Crimea. According to Ukrainian sources, for the entire 2014 the peninsula left almost 20,000 Crimeans. At the same time, the population of Crimea replenished due to a significant influx of refugees from the combat zone in the Donbass (about 200 thousand people per year).

The ethnic composition of the Crimea is very pestr. Here live representatives of more than 120 different nationalities. 250 years ago the most numerous people of the Crimea were Tatars. However, over time, the situation has changed dramatically. After the end of World War II, most of the Crimean Tatars were deported outside their historical homeland.

Today the most numerous ethnic group on the peninsula are Russians (68%). Next come Ukrainians (16%), Crimean Tatars (12%) and Armenians (no more than 1%). Most of the inhabitants of the Crimea are Orthodox.

Conclusion

The exact area of Crimea in square. Km is 25.6 thousand. The total length of the borders of the peninsula is 2500 kilometers. Today almost two million people reside in this territory.

The geographical position of the Crimea is very advantageous and has always been so. It is not for nothing that the ancient Greeks built their colonies on its shores. The peninsula is deeply embedded in the Black Sea and is connected with the Big Land by only two rather thin isthmuses.