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Pogranichny District

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Country
  
Russia

Urban-type settlements
  
1

Area
  
3,720 km²

Federal subject
  
Primorsky Krai

Rural localities
  
17

Founded
  
4 January 1926

Pogranichny District

Coat of arms of Pogranichny Municipal District
  
Flag of Pogranichny Municipal District

Administrative center
  
urban-type settlement of Pogranichny

Pogranichny District (Russian: Пограни́чный райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is 3,750.0 square kilometers (1,447.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pogranichny. Population: 23,492 (2010 Census); 25,761 (2002 Census); 26,604 (1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.8% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Pogranichny District, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

History

The district was established in 1926.

References

Pogranichny District Wikipedia