Nikolayevsky District (russian: Никола́евский райо́н) is an administrative
[Resolution #143-pr] and municipal
[Law #194] district (
raion
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), one of the
seventeen
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in
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east 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 relate ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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of
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (russian: Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре, translit=Nikoláyevsk-na-Amúrye) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located on the Amur River close to its liman in the Pacific Ocean. Population:
Geography
The town is ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Nikolayevsky District is one of the
seventeen
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*17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18
* one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017
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in the krai.
The town of
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (russian: Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре, translit=Nikoláyevsk-na-Amúrye) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located on the Amur River close to its liman in the Pacific Ocean. Population:
Geography
The town is ...
serves as its
administrative center
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,
despite being incorporated separately as a
town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[Law #109]
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nikolayevsky Municipal District, with the town of krai significance of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur being incorporated within it as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Urban Settlement.
[Law #191]
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Districts of Khabarovsk Krai
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