Dalnerechensky District
District in Primorsky Krai, Russia
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Dalnerechensky District (Russian: Дальнере́ченский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the central and western parts of the krai. The area of the district is 7,235.53 square kilometers (2,793.65 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Dalnerechensk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 11,344 (2010 census);[4] 13,995 (2002 census);[7] 17,057 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Dalnerechensky District
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Forest in Dalnerecensky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Dalnerechensky District in Primorsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′N 133°42′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai[1] |
| Established | 1926 |
| Administrative center | Dalnerechensk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,235.53 km2 (2,793.65 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,344 |
| • Density | 1.5678/km2 (4.0606/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 30 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Dalnerechensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 05607000 |
| Website | http://mo.primorsky.ru/dalnerechensky/ |
History
The district was established in 1926 as Imansky District.[citation needed] It was renamed Dalnerechensky in 1972.[9]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dalnerechensky District is one of the twenty-two in the krai.[1] The town of Dalnerechensk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under krai jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dalnerechensky Municipal District.[5] Dalnerechensk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Dalnerechensky Urban Okrug.[10]