Adlersky city district
Adlersky city district
Адлерский внутригородской район (Russian) | |
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The coastal resort of Adler as seen from the Mount Akhun, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the northwest | |
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Coat of arms | |
Adlersky city district in Sochi | |
| Coordinates: 43°26′01″N 39°54′58″E / 43.43361°N 39.91611°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai |
| City | Sochi |
| Established | 10 February 1961 |
| Administrative center | Adler Microdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,352 km2 (522 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 76,534 |
| • Density | 56.61/km2 (146.6/sq mi) |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 settlement okrugs, 3 rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities in jurisdiction | 1 urban-type settlements, 29 rural localities |
Adlersky city district (Russian: Адлерский район) is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Georgia. The city district borders Maykopsky District of Adygea in the north, Mostovsky District of Krasnodar Krai in the east, Abkhazia in the south, and Khostinsky city district in the northwest. In the southwest, it is bordered by the Black Sea. Population: 76,534 (2010 census); 69,120 (2002 census); 68,827 (1989 Soviet census). Adlersky District was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The historical center of the district is Adler (Адлер) – formerly classified as a town, but today a residential district of Adlersky city district.