Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast and with Onezhsky District in the south. From the north, the district is washed by the White Sea. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Arkhangelsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: The district occupies the lower course of the Northern Dvina River and the White Sea coast around the Dvina Bay. The waters of the district drain into the Northern Dvina and the short rivers of the Dvina Bay basin, such as the Shirshema and the Lodma. The eastern part of the district is a plateau which drains
Arkhangelsk serves as the administrative center of Primorsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance of Arkhangelsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Arkhangelsk is incorporated as Arkhangelsk Urban Okrug. The mayor (as of July 2017) is Igor Viktorovich Godzish, who was elected in 2015. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into nine territorial okrugs: Nordavia (formerly Aeroflot Nord) airline has its head