En Name: | Pozharsky District |
Ru Name: | Пожарский район |
Image View: | Вид на долину р. Бикин с видовой площадки (гора Клин).jpg |
Coordinates: | 46.6667°N 136°W |
Flag Caption: | Flag of Pozharsky Municipal District |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_arms_of_Pozharsky_District_(new,_2009).png |
Coa Caption: | Coat of arms of Pozharsky Municipal District |
Anthem: | Anthem of Pozharsky District |
Anthem Ref: | [1] |
Federal Subject: | Primorsky Krai |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Luchegorsk |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 23 |
Mun Data As Of: | March 2008 |
Mun Formation1: | Pozharsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
Area Km2: | 22570.3 |
Pop 2010Census: | 31086 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 67.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 32.4% |
Established Date: | September 14, 1939 |
Website: | http://www.apmrpk.ru/ |
Date: | March 2013 |
Pozharsky District (Russian: Пожа́рский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the northern and northwestern parts of the krai and borders with Khabarovsk Krai in the north, Terneysky District in the east and southeast, Krasnoarmeysky District in the south, Dalnerechensky District in the southwest, and with China in the west. The area of the district is 22570.3km2.[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Luchegorsk. Population: The population of Luchegorsk accounts for 67.6% of the district's total population.
The district was established on September 14, 1939 and is named after Ivan Pozharsky, a Hero of the Soviet Union who died during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938.[5]
Ethnic composition (2010):[6]