Lazovsky District

Lazovsky District (English)
Лазовский район (Russian)

Location of Lazovsky District on the map of Primorsky Krai
Administrative status (as of 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Primorsky Krai[1]
Administrative center selo of Lazo
# of urban-type settlements 1[1]
# of rural localities 16[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Lazovsky Municipal District[2]
- # of urban settlements 1[2]
- # of rural settlements 4[2]
Statistics
Area 4,691.5 km2 (1,811.4 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)
14,233 inhabitants[4]
Population (2002 Census) 17,521 inhabitants[5]
- Urban population 53.3%
- Rural population 46.7%
Density 3 /km2 (7.8 /sq mi)[6]
Time zone VLAST (UTC+11:00)[7]
Established March 4, 1941[8]
Official website

Lazovsky District (Russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion) of Primorsky Krai, Russia; one of the twenty-two in the krai. It is located in the southeastern portion of the krai on the eastern slopes of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range and its southern spurs. The area of the district is 4,691.5 square kilometers (1,811.4 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lazo. District's population: 14,233 (2010 Census preliminary results);[4] 17,521 (2002 Census);[5] 21,311 (1989 Census).[9] Population of Lazo accounts for 20.8% of the district's population.[5]

The district was split from Olginsky District on March 4, 1941 as Sokolovsky District, and was given its present name on August 26, 1949 after the administrative center was moved to Lazo from the settlement of Sudzukhe.[8]

No railways operate on the territory of the district. Communication with the outer world is by auto and sea transport. Most of the population is involved in the coastal and oceanic fishing, mariculture development, and fish and sea products processing. JSC Preobrazhenskaya Trawling Fleet Base and Valentin Fish Factory operate in the district.

Among the district's mineral deposits are tin and gold deposits. The thermal mineral waters are of great importance. Chistovodnoye, the krai's specialized hospital, where illness of locomotor apparatus and cutaneous diseases are treated, is located on the radon springs. Two lakes with medical mud are also used. 24.8% of the district's territory is occupied by the Lazovsky Nature Preserve. The main river of a district is the Kiyevka.

The most populous locality of the district, and the only one classified as urban, is the urban-type settlement of Preobrazheniye.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Law #161-KZ, Appendix
  2. ^ a b c Law #136-KZ
  3. ^ a b 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) (Russian)
  4. ^ a b c Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  5. ^ a b c 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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  6. ^ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
  8. ^ a b Official website of Lazovsky District. Historical notes (Russian)
  9. ^ "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.)" (in 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. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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