Plastun (urban-type settlement)

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Coordinates: 44°45′N 136°17′E / 44.75, 136.283

Plastun (Russian: Пласту́н) is an urban-type settlement and the most populous settlement of Terneysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 6,133 (2005 est.);[1] 6,230 (2002 Census);[2] 5,957 (1989 Census).[3]

Plastun was founded in 1907 and named after the corvette Plastun which was surveying the coasts of Primorye in 1859.

The industry of settlement is represented by a port and timber processing enterprises. There is an airport near Plastun with regular flights to Kavalerovo and Vladivostok.

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  1. ^ Официальный сайт Законодательного Собрания Приморского края. Сборник "Муниципальные образования Приморского края" (Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai)
  2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.