En Name: | Bikin |
Ru Name: | Бикин |
Coordinates: | 46.8167°N 150°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Gerb of the Bikin.jpg |
Federal Subject: | Khabarovsk Krai |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm City Jur: | town of krai significance of Bikin |
Adm Ctr Of1: | town of krai significance of Bikin |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Bikinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Bikinsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Bikin Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Bikinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [3] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Bikin Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 17154 |
Established Date: | 1885 |
Current Cat Date: | 1938 |
Bikin (Russian: Бики́н) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the river Bikin (a tributary of the Ussuri) 230km (140miles) southwest of Khabarovsk. Population: 19,000 (1967).
It was founded in 1885 as Bikinskaya and was granted town status in 1938.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bikin serves as the administrative center of Bikinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Bikin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Bikin is incorporated within Bikinsky Municipal District as Bikin Urban Settlement.
Bikin has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa). It is in one of the most continental regions of the world in terms of achieving summer heat and bitterly cold winters simultaneously, due to the influence of the Siberian High and the East Asian monsoon.