Anuchinsky District (russian: Ану́чинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #177-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 t ...

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. It is located in the south of the

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and borders with

Spassky District Spassky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "''spas''" ("savior")—usually alluding to the concept of the Christian faith. * Spassky District ...

in the north,

Yakovlevsky District Yakovlevsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Yakovlevsky District, Belgorod Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Belgorod Oblast *Yakovlevsky District, Primorsky Krai Yakovlevsky ...

and the territory of

Arsenyev Arsenyev (russian: Арсе́ньев) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located about northeast of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 56,750. It was previously known as ''Semyo ...

Town Under Krai Jurisdiction in the northeast, Chuguyevsky District in the east, Partizansky District in the southeast, the territory of Partizansk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction in the south and southeast,

Shkotovsky District Shkotovsky District (russian: Шко́товский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #192-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the ...

in the south and southwest, and with Mikhaylovsky and Chernigovsky Districts in the west. 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 Anuchino. Population: The population of Anuchino accounts for 30.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is located in

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

zone where 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 a ...

mountains and

plain In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands ...

s of

Khanka lowlands Lake Khanka (russian: о́зеро Ха́нка) or Lake Xingkai (), is a freshwater lake on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China (at ). Etymology On the Delisle map of 1706, the lake is na ...

come together. As a result, the area has rich

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and

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Economy

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is characterized by

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vegetables Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

cereals A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food ...

, and

panax The ''Panax'' (ginseng) genus belongs to the ''Araliaceae'' (ivy) family. ''Panax'' species are characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. ''Panax'' is one of approximately 60 plant genera with a classical disjunct east Asian and ...

growth. Milk and meat

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is very developed in district.Far Eastern Geological Institute
Information about Anuchinsky District

Notable residents

* Svetlana Goryacheva (born 1947), politician, born in the village of Risovy * Petro Oliynyk (1957–2011), Ukrainian miner and politician, born in Novovarvarovka

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai States and territories established in 1935