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 | |
Country | Russia |
Established | May 18, 2000 |
Administrative center | Khabarovsk |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Viktor Ishayev |
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.dfo.gov.ru |
The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia, while being also the 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 the Asian continent and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.
History
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
Federal subjects
# | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2. |
Population Census 2010 |
Capital/Administrative center |
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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
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
- 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)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
See also
External links
- (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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