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Primorsky Krai
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Primorsky Krai (Russian: Приморский край, lit. 'coastal territory'), informally known as Primorye (Приморье, [prʲɪˈmorʲjɪ]), 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 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.[11]
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Primorsky Krai Primorye | |
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Приморский край Приморье | |
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Anthem: Primorsky, Our Krai! | |
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Coordinates: 45°20′N 134°40′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Far Eastern[1] |
Economic region | Far Eastern[2] |
Administrative center | Vladivostok[3] |
Government | |
• Body | Legislative Assembly[4] |
• Governor[5] | Oleg Kozhemyako |
Area | |
• Total | 164,673 km2 (63,581 sq mi) |
• Rank | 23rd |
Population | |
• Total | 1,845,165 |
• Estimate (2018)[8] | 1,913,037 |
• Rank | 26th |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
• Urban | 78.4% |
• Rural | 21.6% |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-PRI |
License plates | 25, 125 |
OKTMO ID | 05000000 |
Official languages | Russian[10] |
Website | http://www.primorsky.ru/ |
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.
The territory of the krai was historically part of Manchuria. It was ceded to the Russian Empire by Qing China in 1860 as part of a region known as Russian Manchuria, forming most of the territory of Primorskaya Oblast. During the Russian Civil War it became part of the Far Eastern Republic before joining the Soviet Union, going through numerous changes until reaching its current form in 1938. Primorsky Krai is home to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet and is also known as the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.[12]