Terneysky District (russian: Терне́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #133-KZ district (

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, one of the twenty-two in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

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. It is located in the north 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 relat ...

and borders with Khabarovsk Krai in the north, the

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in the east and southeast, the territory of

Dalnegorsk Dalnegorsk (russian: Дальнего́рск, lit. ''far in the mountains'') is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: Name It was formerly known from its founding in 1897 as Tetyukhe (russian: Те́тюхе; ; literally meaning "river ...

Town Under Krai Jurisdiction in the southwest, and with Krasnoarmeysky and

Pozharsky District Pozharsky District (russian: Пожа́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #191-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the northern and northwestern parts of t ...

s in the west. 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

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of Terney. Population: The population of Terney accounts for 28.8% of the district's total population.

Geography

Terneysky District is the largest district of the krai in terms of area and the smallest by population. Most of the district's territory is covered with forests which are the district's main riches. Most of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in Terneysky District.

Economy

The industry is represented by the

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processing enterprises and the

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factory in Svetlaya.

Tourism

There are springs of thermal

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waters in the district (Amginskoye Deposit). The Tyoply Klyuch Health Resort operates near these springs.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai