Far Eastern Federal District

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
Federal district of Russia

Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
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.dfo.gov.ru

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 the Asian continent and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.

History

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

Federal subjects

# 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

Populations are given as of the 2002 Census:

  1. Vladivostok: 594,701
  2. Khabarovsk: 583,072
  3. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 271,600
  4. Blagoveshchensk: 219,221
  5. Yakutsk: 210,642
  6. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 198,028
  7. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 173,600
  8. Nakhodka: 148,826
  9. Magadan: 99,399
  10. Birobidzhan: 77,250
  11. Anadyr: 11,038

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  1. Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
  2. Kamil Iskhakov (November 14, 2005 – October 2, 2007)
  3. Oleg Safonov (November 30, 2007 – April 30, 2009)
  4. Viktor Ishayev (April 30, 2009 – Present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

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