Nadezhdinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #182-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located on the southern coast of the krai. The area of the district is . (Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai) Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Volno-Nadezhdinskoye. Population: The population of Volno-Nadezhdinskoye accounts for 17.1% of the district's total population.
Geography The Razdolnaya River crosses the territory of the district. Despite the high density of the population, close location to the large city, and the developed road network, Nadezhdinsky District boasts the unique nature attractions such as the yew (Taxus cuspidata) grove with an area of , and Korean pine forests.
History The district was established in 1937.Official website of Nadezhdinsky District. Data About Nadezhdinsky District
Economy The favorable climatic conditions and closeness to Vladivostok (the administrative center of the krai) predetermined the district's specialization. There are seven agricultural enterprises which provide Vladivostok with meat, milk, eggs, vegetables, and potatoes. Mink, foxes, polecats, and deer are bred in the district.
For more than a hundred years, the brown coal deposits have been exploited in the territory of the district (Tavrichanskoye Deposit), and construction sand in the Razdolnaya River Valley has been the raw material for silicate brick production. The Razdolnensky Construction Materials Plant, which is one of the district's largest enterprises, is involved in the production of bricks. There are deposits of porous basalt, which is the raw material used by Terekhovsky Concrete Production Plant. Not far from Kiparisovo railway station are beds of sandstone which is the quartz-containing raw materials used by the glass industry. The largest glassworks in Primorsky Krai is located here.
Transportation A federal road connects the settlement of Razdolnoye with Khasan, located on the North Korea–Russia border.
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