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Primorsky Krai

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Also known as Primorye, Maritime Province

federal subject of Russia, krai of Russia

AI overview

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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Continent
Asia
Population
1799659
Area
164673
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
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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
language used
Udege
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Primorsky Krai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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