Far Eastern economic region
Far Eastern economic region (Russian: Дальневосто́чный экономи́ческий райо́н; tr.: Dalnevostochny ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia, and effectively encompasses the same area as the Far Eastern Federal District.
Far Eastern economic region on the map of Russia
This region accounted for 4 per cent of the national GRP in 2008. Bordering on the Pacific Ocean, the region has Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, and Vladivostok as its chief cities. Machinery is produced, and lumbering, fishing, hunting, and fur trapping are important. The Trans-Siberian Railroad follows the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and terminates at the port of Vladivostok.[1]
Composition
- Amur Oblast
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Kamchatka Krai
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Magadan Oblast
- Primorsky Krai
- Sakha Republic
- Sakhalin Oblast
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- ↑ Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 Archived February 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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