Far Eastern Federal District
Coordinates: 48°42′N 135°12′E / 48.700°N 135.200°E
| 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 but 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 easternmost part of Asia and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.
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History[edit]
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 (with population over 75,000)[edit]
There are 66 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 12 cities have population over 75,000.
4 of these cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (4th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (8th), Nakhodka (9th), Artyom (10th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centers of a federal subject. Anadyr, center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smaller center of federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, Ingushetia, smaller than Anadyr.
Also, Artyom (10th) is a large suburban city of Vladivostok metropolitan area.[2]
Populations are given as of the 2010 Census:
- Vladivostok: 592,034
- Khabarovsk: 577,441
- Yakutsk: 269,601
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 263,906
- Blagoveshchensk: 214,309
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,728
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 179,780
- Ussuriysk:158,004
- Nakhodka: 148,826
- Artyom: 102,603
- Magadan: 95,982
- Birobidzhan: 75,413
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.
- ^ Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации (Russian)
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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