Primorsko-Akhtarsk (russian: Примо́рско-Ахта́рск) is a port
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Primorsko-Akhtarsky District
Primorsko-Akhtarsky District (russian: Примо́рско-Ахтарский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 As a municipal division, ...
of
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
,
Russia
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, located on the coast of the
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
, northwest of
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
, the administrative center 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 ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1829. Town status was granted to it in 1949.
A Russian Air Force
base is located to the north east.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Primorsko-Akhtarsk serves as the
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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Primorsko-Akhtarsky District
Primorsko-Akhtarsky District (russian: Примо́рско-Ахтарский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 As a municipal division, ...
.
[Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03] As an administrative division, it is, together with three
rural localities, incorporated within Primorsko-Akhtarsky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
As a
municipal division, the Town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk is incorporated within Primorsko-Akhtarsky Municipal District as Primorsko-Akhtarskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #712-KZ]
Climate
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Cities and towns in Krasnodar Krai