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Khabarovsky District (russian: Хаба́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 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 seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai,
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. It consists of two unconnected segments separated by the territory of
Amursky District Amursky District (russian: Аму́рский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of th ...
, which are 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 relat ...
. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of Khabarovsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khabarovsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The city of Khabarovsk serves as its
administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
, 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 Khabarovsky Municipal District. The city of krai significance of Khabarovsk is incorporated separately from the district as Khabarovsk Urban OkrugLaw #177


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