Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Khabarovsk Krai Rural localities 25 Founded 1965 | Country Russia Urban-type settlements 2 Area 17,188 km² | |
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Administrative center town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur | ||
Nikolayevsky District (Russian: Никола́евский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai. The area of the district is 17,188 square kilometers (6,636 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 9,942 (2010 Census); 13,850 (2002 Census); 19,683 (1989 Census).
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Map of Nikolayevsky District, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nikolayevsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nikolayevsky Municipal District, with the town of krai significance of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur being incorporated within it as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Urban Settlement.