Far Eastern Federal District
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Coordinates: 48°42′N 135°12′E / 48.700°N 135.200°E
This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Russian Far East.
| Far Eastern Federal District Дальневосточный федеральный округ |
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| Federal district of Russia | |
 Location of the Far Eastern Federal District |
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| Country |  Russia |
| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| Administrative center | Khabarovsk |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Yury Trutnev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,215,900 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 1st |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,293,129 |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 74.8%[1] |
| • Rural | 25.2%[1] |
| Federal subjects | 9 contained |
| Economic regions | 1 contained |
| Website | www |
The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the nine federal districts of Russia, while being also the second least populated, with a population of 6,293,129 (74.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census.[1] The entire federal district lies within the northernmost and easternmost part of Asia and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.
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History[edit]
Main article: Human Migration
The Far Eastern Federal District was established on May 18, 2000 by President Vladimir Putin and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Viktor Ishayev.
Demographics[edit]
Federal subjects[edit]
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| # | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2. |
Population Census 2010 |
Capital/Administrative center |
| 1 |  |
Amur Oblast | 363,700 | 830,103 | Blagoveshchensk |
| 2 |  |
Jewish Autonomous Oblast | 36,000 | 176,558 | Birobidzhan |
| 3 |  |
Kamchatka Krai | 472,300 | 322,079 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky |
| 4 |  |
Magadan Oblast | 461,400 | 156,996 | Magadan |
| 5 |  |
Primorsky Krai | 165,900 | 1,956,497 | Vladivostok |
| 6 |  |
Sakha Republic | 3,103,200 | 958,528 | Yakutsk |
| 7 |  |
Sakhalin Oblast | 87,100 | 497,973 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 8 |  |
Khabarovsk Krai | 752,600 | 1,343,869 | Khabarovsk |
| 9 |  |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 737,700 | 50,526 | Anadyr |
Largest cities[edit]
Populations are given as of the 2002 Census:
- Vladivostok: 594,701
- Khabarovsk: 583,072
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 271,600
- Blagoveshchensk: 219,221
- Yakutsk: 210,642
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 198,028
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 173,600
- Nakhodka: 148,826
- Magadan: 99,399
- Birobidzhan: 77,250
- Anadyr: 11,038
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys[edit]
- Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
- Kamil Iskhakov (November 14, 2005 – October 2, 2007)
- Oleg Safonov (November 30, 2007 – April 30, 2009)
- Viktor Ishayev (April 30, 2009 – present)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
External links[edit]
- (English) (Russian) Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West (includes materials on Russian Far East)
- Unofficial website of the Far Eastern Federal District (Russian)
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