Luchegorsk (russian: Лучего́рск) is an 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 ...

) and the

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Pozharsky District Pozharsky District (russian: Пожа́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #191-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the northern and northwestern parts of t ...

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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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1966 on the bank of the Kontrovod River.

Economy

There is a large

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which supplies the electricity to

and causes

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in Luchegorsk. It is the closest settlement to where the

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occurred.

Miscellaneous

Luchegorsk is the largest inhabited locality in the

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which does not have town status. In September 2015, ''

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'' reported that 'dozens of hungry

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s' had besieged the town, wandering the streets and attacking residents.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai Populated places established in 1966