Country Russia Administrative center town of Dalnerechensk Urban settlements 0 Founded 1926 | Federal subject Primorsky Krai Rural localities 30 Area 7,290 km² | |
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Dalnerechensky District (Russian: Дальнере́ченский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the central and western parts of the krai. The area of the district is 7,235.53 square kilometers (2,793.65 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Dalnerechensk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 11,344 (2010 Census); 13,995 (2002 Census); 17,057 (1989 Census).
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History
The district was established in 1926 as Imansky District. It was renamed Dalnerechensky in 1972.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dalnerechensky District is one of the twenty-two in the krai. The town of Dalnerechensk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under krai jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dalnerechensky Municipal District. Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Dalnerechensky Urban Okrug.