Smidovichsky District
Smidovichsky District
Смидовичский район | |
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Landscape of Smidovichsky District, with the settlement of Volochayevka-2 visible on the horizon | |
Location of Smidovichsky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°36′N 133°48′E / 48.600°N 133.800°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Established | 1934 |
| Administrative center | Smidovich |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,900 km2 (2,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 28,165 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 67.5% |
| • Rural | 32.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 4 urban-type settlements, 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Smidovichsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 4 urban settlements, 2 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 99630000 |
| Website | http://smid.eao.ru |
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| 2010 Census | 28,165 |
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| 2002 Census | 28,193 |
| 1989 Census | 29,708 |
| 1979 Census | 28,114 |
Smidovichsky District (Russian: Смидо́вичский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the autonomous oblast and borders Khabarovsk Krai (via the Tunguska River) in the north and east, China (via the Amur River) in the south, and Birobidzhansky District in the west. The area of the district is 5,900 square kilometers (2,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Smidovich. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,165, with the population of Smidovich accounting for 18.2% of that number.