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Lazovsky District (russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #136-KZ district (
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 ...
), one of the twenty-two 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 the ...
,
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. It is located in the southeast of the
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on the eastern slopes of the
Sikhote-Alin The Sikhote-Alin (russian: Сихотэ́-Али́нь, , , ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok. The highest summits are Tordoki Yani at ...
mountain range and its southern spurs. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'')
Its
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is the
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(a '' selo'') of Lazo. Population: The population of Lazo accounts for 24.1% of the district's total population.


Geography

24.8% of the district's territory is occupied by the Lazovsky Nature Reserve, which was established between 1935-1957 and has an area of 121,000 ha (1,210km2). The main river in the district is the
Kiyevka Kiyevka (russian: Киевка) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Talovskoye Rural Settlement, Yelansky District, Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal ...
.


History

The district was split from
Olginsky District Olginsky District (russian: О́льгинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #145-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders wit ...
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.Official website of Lazovsky District
Historical notes


Economy

Most of the population is involved in the
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and
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,
mariculture Mariculture or marine farming is a specialized branch of aquaculture (which includes freshwater aquaculture) involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in enclosed sections of the open ocean ( offshore mari ...
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 Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal. Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...
and
gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...
deposits. The thermal
mineral water Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. Mineral water may usually be still or sparkling (carbonated/effervescent) according to the presence or absence of added gases. Tra ...
s are of great importance. '' Chistovodnoye'', the krai's specialized hospital, where illness of
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and skin diseases are treated, is located on the
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springs. Two lakes with
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are also used.


Transportation

No railways operate on the territory of the district. Communication with the outer world is by auto and sea transport.


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* * {{coord, 43, 22, 49, N, 133, 53, 52, E, region:RU_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Districts of Primorsky Krai States and territories established in 1941