The Primorye region (pop. 2.3m) covers an area of 165,000 sq. km. in the Far East of Russia. It is bordered by China on the West, North Korea on the South, the Sea of Japan on the East, and the Khabarovsk region of Russia on the North. The administrative center of the region is Vladivostok (pop. 700,000), which is by far the largest city in the region.