Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwest, Russia
๐ท๐บ Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg is the fmost populous city on the Baltic Sea. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city.
Saint Petersburg is known as the "Cultural Capital of Russia", and received over 15ย million tourists in 2018. It is considered an important economic, scientific, cultural, and tourism centre of Russia and Europe. In modern times, the city has the nickname of the "Northern Capital" and serves as a home to some federal government bodies such as the Constitutional Court of Russia and the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation. It is also a seat for the National Library of Russia and a planned location for the Supreme Court of Russia, as well as the home to the headquarters of the Russian Navy, and the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world, the Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, and was one of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2020.
Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwest, Russia
Saint Petersburg is rated Beta โ by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Beta level cities are cities that link moderate economic regions to the world economy.
Saint Petersburg is the #110 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.
Saint Petersburg has a population of over 4,661,219 people. Saint Petersburg also forms the centre of the wider Saint Petersburg metropolitan area which has a population of over 5,383,890 people. Saint Petersburg is ranked #199 for startups with a score of 2.14.
Twin Towns โ Sister Cities include: ๐ฉ๐ฐ Aarhus, Denmark; ๐น๐ท Adana, Turkey; ๐ฌ๐ท Alexandroupoli, Greece; ๐ง๐ช Antwerp, Belgium; ๐น๐ญ Bangkok, Thailand; ๐ช๐ธ Barcelona, Spain; ๐ต๐ธ Bethlehem, Palestine; ๐ซ๐ท Bordeaux, France; ๐ฟ๐ฆ Cape Town, South Africa; ๐ต๐ญ Cebu, Philippines; ๐ฑ๐ฐ Colombo, Sri Lanka; ๐จ๐ณ Chengdu, China; ๐ฐ๐ท Daegu, South Korea; ๐ฉ๐ช Dresden, Germany; ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ๐ต๐ฐ Faisalabad, Pakistan; ๐ต๐ฑ Gdaลsk, Poland; ๐ฆ๐น Graz, Austria; ๐ธ๐ช Gothenburg, Sweden; ๐ฉ๐ช Hamburg, Germany; ๐จ๐บ Havana, Cuba; ๐ซ๐ฎ Helsinki, Finland; ๐ป๐ณ Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; ๐ฎ๐ท Isfahan, Iran; ๐น๐ท Istanbul, Turkey; ๐ฒ๐พ Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; ๐ซ๐ฎ Kotka, Finland; ๐ซ๐ท Le Havre, France; ๐บ๐ธ Los Angeles, United States; ๐ซ๐ท Lyon, France; ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester, United Kingdom; ๐ฆ๐บ Melbourne, Australia; ๐ซ๐ฎ Mikkeli, Finland; ๐บ๐พ Montevideo, Uruguay; ๐ฎ๐ณ Mumbai, India; ๐ซ๐ท Nice, France; ๐ฏ๐ต ลsaka, Japan; ๐ฌ๐ท Piraeus, Greece; ๐ง๐ฌ Plovdiv, Bulgaria; ๐จ๐ฆ Quรฉbec City, Canada; ๐ง๐ท Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ๐ณ๐ฑ Rotterdam, Netherlands; ๐ช๐ธ Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; ๐จ๐ฑ Santiago, Cuba; ๐จ๐ณ Shanghai, China; ๐ง๐ฌ Sofia, Bulgaria; ๐บ๐ธ St. Petersburg, Florida, United States; ๐ธ๐ช Stockholm, Sweden; ๐ซ๐ฎ Tampere, Finland; ๐ฌ๐ท Thessaloniki, Greece; ๐ซ๐ฎ Turku, Finland; ๐ต๐ฑ Warsaw, Poland; ๐ญ๐ท Zagreb, Croatia; ๐ฐ๐ฟ Almaty, Kazakhstan; ๐ฆ๐ฟ Baku, Azerbaijan; ๐ฑ๐ป Daugavpils, Latvia; ๐น๐ฏ Dushanbe, Tajikistan; ๐ฑ๐ป Riga, Latvia; ๐ท๐บ Sevastopol; ๐ช๐ช Tallinn, Estonia; ๐ฑ๐น Vilnius, Lithuania; ๐ฆ๐ฒ Yerevan, Armenia; ๐ฏ๐ด Aqaba, Jordan; ๐ต๐ธ Bethlehem, Palestine; ๐ฐ๐ท Busan, South Korea; ๐ต๐ญ Cebu City, Philippines; ๐ฐ๐ท Cheongju, South Korea; ๐ญ๐บ Debrecen, Hungary; ๐ฎ๐น Florence, Italy; ๐บ๐ธ Galveston, Texas, United States; ๐ฒ๐ฝ Guadalajara, Mexico; ๐ฎ๐ฑ Haifa, Israel; ๐ป๐ณ Hai Phong, Vietnam; ๐ธ๐ฉ Khartoum, Sudan; ๐ธ๐ฐ Koลกice, Slovakia; ๐บ๐ธ Lansing, Michigan, United States; ๐ซ๐ท Le Havre, France; ๐บ๐ฆ Lviv, Ukraine; ๐ฆ๐ท Mar del Plata, Argentina; ๐ธ๐ฎ Maribor, Slovenia; ๐ฐ๐ต Nampho, North Korea; ๐ฐ๐ฟ Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; ๐ฐ๐ฟ Osh, Kyrgyzstan; ๐ณ๐ด Oslo, Norway; ๐ป๐บ Port Vila, Vanuatu; ๐ง๐ท Porto Alegre, Brazil; ๐ฎ๐ฑ Rishon LeZion, Israel; ๐น๐ณ Sousse, Tunisia; ๐ฎ๐น Turin, Italy; ๐ฒ๐ณ Ulan Bator, Mongolia; ๐บ๐ธ Westport, Connecticut, United States.