Kirovsky District (russian: Ки́ровский райо́н) is one of the
twenty-two administrative
[Law #161-KZ] and municipal
[Law #215-KZ] districts (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
) in
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It is located in the west of the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relat ...
. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of
Kirovsky.
Population: The population of the administrative center accounts for 42.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
Forests occupy half of the district's territory. The highest temperature ever registered in Kirovsky District was , on July 23, 2021.
Economy and tourism
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
,
beekeeping, and
timber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, w ...
-cutting are considered to have potential.
Health resorts development dominates the economy of the district.
Narzan-type
Shmakovskiye mineral springs (hydrocarbonated and calcium-magnesium), with limpid water rich in
carbonic acid, are well-known.
Shmakovka is a unique health-center complex where is situated ''Imeni Pyatidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya Health Resort'' for three hundred people.
The district's landmarks include a tower-chapel located on one of the highest viewpoints of the Shmakovka Resort.
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Districts of Primorsky Krai