En Name: | Smidovichsky District |
Ru Name: | Смидовичский район |
Image View: | Волочаевка-2 вид с автотрассы Амур.JPG |
Coordinates: | 48.6°N 181°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Smidovichsky rayon (Jewish AO).png |
Federal Subject: | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Smidovich |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 4 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 21 |
Mun Data As Of: | May 2010 |
Mun Formation1: | Smidovichsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 4 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 2 |
Mun Formation1 Counts Ref: | [1] |
Area Km2: | 5900 |
Pop 2010Census: | 28165 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 67.5% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 32.5% |
Website: | http://smid.eao.ru |
Date: | January 2017 |
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Population of Smidovichsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 28,165 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 28,193 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 29,708 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 28,114 |
Smidovichsky District (Russian: Смидо́вичский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the autonomous oblast and borders Khabarovsk Krai (via the Tunguska River) in the north and east, China (via the Amur River) in the south, and Birobidzhansky District in the west. The area of the district is 5900km2.[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Smidovich. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,165, with the population of Smidovich accounting for 18.2% of that number.
The district stretches for 50km (30miles) from north to south and for 125km (78miles) from west to east. The terrain is low river plain, with the Amur and Tunguska Rivers wide and meandering along the district borders. Immediately to the east of the district is the city of Khabarovsk.
The climate is suited to agriculture, supporting buckwheat, corn, wheat, and vegetables.
The Trans-Siberian Railway runs across northern length of the district, as does the Amur Highway (R297) from Chita to Khabarovsk.