Nadezhdinsky District

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Nadezhdinsky District (Russian: Наде́ждинский райо́н) is a district (raion) which occupies the southern coast of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Its center is Volno-Nadezhdinskoye. The Razdolnaya River crosses the territory of the District. District's population: 40,197 (2002 Census); 43,012 (1989 Census).

The favorable climatic conditions and close location to the Krai center predetermined the District's specialization. There are seven agricultural enterprises which provide Vladivostok with meat, milk, eggs, vegetables, and potatoes. Mink, foxes, polecats, and deer are bred in the District.

For more than a hundred years the brown coal deposits have been exploited in the territory of the District (Tavrichanskoye Deposit), and the construction sand in the Razdolnaya River Valley has been the raw material for silicate brick production. The Razdolnensky Construction Materials Plant, which is one of the District's largest enterprises, is involved in the production of bricks. There are deposits of porous basalt which is the raw material for the enterprise of Finnish construction, the Terekhovsky Concrete Production Plant. Not far from Kiparisovo Railway Station are beds of sandstone which is the quartz containing raw materials for glass industry. A few years ago the largest glassworks in Primorsky Krai was constructed here and its production has been consumed beyond the Krai's bounds.

Despite the high density of the population, close location to the large city and the developed road network, Nadezhdinsky District boasts the unique nature attractions such as the yew (Taxus cuspidata) grove with an area of 400,000 m², and Korean pine forests.