Pogranichny District
# Pogranichny District

Pogranichny District (Russian: Пограни́чный райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is 3,750.0 square kilometers (1,447.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pogranichny. Population: 23,492 (2010 Census); 25,761 (2002 Census); 26,604 (1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.8% of the district's total population.

## History

The district was established in 1926.

## Notable residents

* Ruslan Gordiyenko (born 1995 in Pogranichny), football player
