Pogranichny District (russian: Пограни́чный райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #184-KZ district (

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), 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 southwest 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 .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its

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is the urban locality (an

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) of

Pogranichny Pogranichny (russian: Пограни́чный; masculine), Pogranichnaya (; feminine), or Pogranichnoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai, an urban-type settlement ...

. Population: The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.8% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established in 1926.

Notable residents

Ruslan Gordiyenko Ruslan Yevgenyevich Gordiyenko (russian: Руслан Евгеньевич Гордиенко; born 17 February 1995) is a Russian football player. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Luch-Energiya Vlad ...

(born 1995 in

), football player

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai __NOTOC__