Lazovsky District

Lazovsky District Лазовский район (Russian)
Location of Lazovsky District in Primorsky Krai
Bald Mountain, Lazovsky District
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Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai
Administrative structure (as of June 2012)
Administrative center	selo of Lazo
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements	1
Rural localities	16
Municipal structure (as of June 2010)
Municipally incorporated as	Lazovsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	1
Rural settlements	4
Statistics
Area	4,691.5 km2 (1,811.4 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	14,235 inhabitants
• Urban	50.5%
• Rural	49.5%
Density	3.03/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+10:00)
Established	March 4, 1941
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Lazovsky District (Russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai on the eastern slopes of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range and its southern spurs. The area of the district is 4,691.5 square kilometers (1,811.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lazo. Population: 14,235 (2010 Census);17,521 (2002 Census);21,311 (1989 Census). The population of Lazo accounts for 24.1% of the district's total population.

24.8% of the district's territory is occupied by the Lazovsky Nature Reserve, which was established between 1935-1957 and has an area of 121,000 ha (1,210km2). The main river in the district is the Kiyevka.

The district was split from Olginsky District on March 4, 1941 as Sokolovsky District, and was given its present name on August 26, 1949 after the administrative center was moved to Lazo from the settlement of Sudzukhe.

Most of the population is involved in the coastal and oceanic fishing, mariculture development, and fish and sea products processing. Preobrazhenskaya Trawling Fleet Base and Valentin Fish Factory operate in the district.

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