Ayan is a rural locality and the administrative center of Ayano-Maysky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the shore of a well-protected bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, 1,447 kilometers (899 mi) from Khabarovsk and 631 kilometers (392 mi) by sea from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. Population: 967 (2010 census); 1,325 (2002 census); 2,039 (1989 Soviet census).
- Country
- Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- Inception
- 1843
- Website
- http://ayanspamr.khabkrai.ru