Khasan District

Khasansky District Хасанский район (Russian)
Location of Khasansky District in Primorsky Krai
The Poyma River in Khasansky District
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai
Administrative structure (as of June 2012)
Administrative center	urban-type settlement of Slavyanka
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements	6
Rural localities	31
Municipal structure (as of December 2004)
Municipally incorporated as	Khasansky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	6
Rural settlements	2
Statistics
Area	4,130.0 km² (1,594.6 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	35,541 inhabitants
• Urban	70.5%
• Rural	29.5%
Density	8.61/km² (22.3/sq mi)
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+10:00)
Official website
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Khasansky District (Russian: Хаса́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai, wedged between the Tumen River and the Peter the Great Gulf, and shares a border with both China and North Korea. The area of the district is 4,130.0 square kilometers (1,594.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Slavyanka. Population: 35,541 (2010 Census);37,459 (2002 Census);43,709 (1989 Census). The population of Slavyanka accounts for 39.5% of the district's total population.

A significant part of the area is protected by the laws of Russia. The nature reserves include Kedrovaya Pad, established to protect the rare animals of South Primorye such as Amur leopard, Siberian tiger, and Siberian Musk Deer; and the Far Eastern Marine Nature Reserve (1978), protecting the underwater world of the Peter the Great Gulf, including more than two thousand species of invertebrate animals (such as sea cucumber), approximately three hundred fish species, and larga seals.