Kirovsky District () is one of the twenty-two administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #215-KZ districts (

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) in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krais of Russia, krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. 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 Kirovsky. Population: The population of the administrative center accounts for 42.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

Forests occupy half of the district's territory. The highest temperature ever registered in Kirovsky District was , on July 23, 2021.

Economy and tourism

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beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture, from ) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as '' Melipona'' stingless bees are ...

, and

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-cutting are considered to have potential. Health resorts development dominates the economy of the district. Narzan-type Shmakovskiye mineral springs (hydrocarbonated and calcium-magnesium), with limpid water rich in

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, are well-known. Shmakovka is a unique health-center complex where is situated ''Imeni Pyatidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya Health Resort'' for three hundred people. The district's landmarks include a tower-chapel located on one of the highest viewpoints of the Shmakovka Resort.

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