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Primorsky Krai
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federal subject of Russia, krai of Russia
Primorsky Krai is a region in Russia located in the Far East. It matters as one of Russia's major administrative divisions and a significant area for the country's economy and strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Part of
- Far Eastern Economic Region
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Vladivostok
- Population
- 1799659
- Area
- 164673
- Body of water
- Peter the Great Gulf
- Head of government
- Andrey Vladimirovich Tarasenko
- Legislature
- Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai
- Shares border with
- Sea of Japan
- Highest point
- Anik Mountain
- Official website
- www.primorsky.ru
- Image
- Partizansky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia - panoramio (12).jpg
- Licence plate code
- 125
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Primorsky Krai
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- Commons category
- Primorsky Krai
- topic's main category
- Category:Primorsky Krai
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Primorsky Krai
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Primorsky Krai
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Primorsky Krai
- native label
- Приморский край
- inception
- 1938-10-20
- twinned administrative body
- Akita Prefecture
- category for people buried here
- Q7977679
- owner of
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
- language used
- Udege
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- located in/on physical feature
- Sikhote-Alin
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Encyclopedic overview
small coat of arms of Primorsky Krai Postage stamp of the USSR: Primorsky Krai. Commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia with a face value of 10 rubles (2006) Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The city of Vladivostok on the southern coast of the krai is its administrative center, and the second largest city in the Russian Far East, behind Khabarovsk in the neighbouring Khabarovsk Krai. Primorsky Krai has the largest economy among the federal subjects in the Russian Far East, and a population of 1,845,165 as of the 2021 Census.
The krai has Russia's only border with North Korea, along the Tumen River in Khasansky District in the southwestern corner of the krai. Peter the Great Gulf, the largest gulf in the Sea of Japan, is on the south coast.
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