Komsomolsky District () is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (

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), one of the seventeen in

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. It is located in the southern central part of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur R ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:

Geography

The

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river flows by the city. Lake Khummi is located to the southeast of the city.

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Water of Russia - Khummi
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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Komsomolsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city 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 Komsomolsky Municipal District. The city of krai significance of Komsomolsk-on-Amur is incorporated separately from the district as Komsomolsk-na-Amure Urban Okrug.Law #192

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