Country Russia Urban-type settlements 1 Area 6,416 km² | Federal subject Primorsky Krai Rural localities 18 | |
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Administrative center urban-type settlement of Olga Municipally incorporated as | ||
Olginsky District (Russian: О́льгинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Kavalerovsky District in the north, the Sea of Japan in the east, southeast, and south, Lazovsky District in the southwest, and with Chuguyevsky District in the west. The area of the district is 6,415.9 square kilometers (2,477.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Olga. Population: 10,701 (2010 Census); 12,044 (2002 Census); 16,006 (1989 Census). The population of Olga accounts for 37.6% of the district's total population.
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Map of Olginsky District, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Geography
Slopes of south Sikhote-Alin and narrow coastline of the Sea of Japan are the most prominent features of the district territory's landscape. The largest bay is the Olga Bay. The highest point is Mount Perevalnaya, at 1,406 meters (4,613 ft).
History
The district was established in 1926 and originally encompassed the territories of modern Lazovsky and Kavalerovsky Districts and the territory presently subordinated to Dalnegorsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction.