Administrative and territorial division
Khabarovsk krai comprises 2 Urban districts (okrugs) and 17 Municipal districts, in whose territories there are 29 urban settlements and 427 rural-type settlements.
The administrative center of the krai – the city of Khabarovsk - has also been a center of the Far-Eastern Federal District beginning from May of 2002. Khabarovsk krai is among the largest by size administrative and territorial entities of the Russian Federation; it is located in the central part of the Russian Far East. It borders on regions of the Far Eastern Federal District, and also the PRC.