Shkotovsky District

Shkotovsky District (Russian: Шко́товский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is 2,664.5 square kilometers (1,028.8 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Smolyaninovo.^{[citation needed]} Population: 24,511 (2010 Census);^[3] 25,809 (2002 Census);^[7] 111,460 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Smolyaninovo accounts for 27.4% of the district's total population.^[3]

Shkotovsky District Шкотовский район
District
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Location of Shkotovsky District in Primorsky Krai
Coordinates: 43°07′N 132°22′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai[1]
Established	4 January 1926
Administrative center	Smolyaninovo
Area [2]
• Total	2,664.5 km2 (1,028.8 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	24,511
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Urban	47.9%
• Rural	52.1%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	2 urban-type settlements[4], 19 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Shkotovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	2 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [6])
OKTMO ID	05657000
Website	http://mo.primorsky.ru/shkotovsky/

Etymology

Shkotovsky District is named for Nikolay Shkot, a war veteran of the Crimean War who participated in the Siege of Sevastopol, and later an early explorer of Primorsky Krai where he was one of the co-founders of Vladivostok.

Notable residents

• Igor Klimov (born 1989 in Smolyaninovo), footballer
• Andrei Kolkoutine (born 1957 in Smolyaninovo), artist