Anuchinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #177-KZ district (

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), one of the twenty-two 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 south of the

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and borders with Spassky District in the north, Yakovlevsky District and the territory of

Arsenyev Arsenyev () is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located about northeast of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 56,750. It was known as ''Semyonovka'' until 1952. History The hi ...

Town Under Krai Jurisdiction in the northeast,

Chuguyevsky District Chuguyevsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #147-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area of the district is .

in the east, Partizansky District in the southeast, the territory of

Partizansk Partizansk () is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on a spur of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, about east of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 census, the population is population 38,659. Names The tow ...

Town Under Krai Jurisdiction in the south and southeast,

Shkotovsky District Shkotovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #192-KZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Primorsky Krai, twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the d ...

in the south and southwest, and with Mikhaylovsky and

Chernigovsky District Chernigovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #132-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is .

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

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(a '' selo'') of Anuchino. Population: The population of Anuchino accounts for 30.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is located in

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zone where the

Sikhote-Alin The Sikhote-Alin (, , , ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok. The highest summits are Tordoki Yani at above sea level, Ko Mountain () ...

mountains and

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s of Khanka lowlands come together. As a result, the area has rich

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and

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Economy

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is characterized by

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rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

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, and

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growth. Milk and meat

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is very developed in district.Far Eastern Geological Institute
Information about Anuchinsky District

Notable residents

* Svetlana Goryacheva (born 1947), politician, born in the village of Risovy * Petro Oliynyk (1957–2011), Ukrainian miner and politician, born in Novovarvarovka

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai States and territories established in 1935 1935 establishments in Russia