Oktyabrsky District, Primorsky Krai
District in Primorsky Krai, Russia
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Oktyabrsky District (Russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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 1,632.8 square kilometers (630.4 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pokrovka.[2] Population: 30,060 (2010 census);[4] 34,367 (2002 census);[8] 39,973 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Pokrovka accounts for 34.5% of the district's total population.[4]
Oktyabrsky District
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Senkina Shapka Hill, a protected area in Oktyabrsky District | |
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 Location of Oktyabrsky District in Primorsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 43°57′N 131°38′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai[1] |
| Administrative center | Pokrovka[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,632.8 km2 (630.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 30,060 |
| • Density | 18.41/km2 (47.68/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21.3% |
| • Rural | 78.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Oktyabrsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 05626000 |
| Website | http://mo.primorsky.ru/oktybrsky |
Notable residents
- Alexandra Kim (1885–1918), Korean revolutionary political activist, born in the Korean village of Sinelnikovo
- Valery Zorkin (born 1943), Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, born in Konstantinovka