Far Eastern Federal District
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Far Eastern Federal District

Coordinates: 48°42?N 135°12?E / 48.700°N 135.200°E / 48.700; 135.200

Far Eastern Federal District

Federal district of Russia
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centerVladivostok
Government
 o Presidential EnvoyYury Trutnev
Area
 o Total6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
Area rank1st of 8 (40,6% of the country)
Population
(2010)
 o Total8,371,257
 o Rank8th of 8 (5,6 % of the country)
 o Density1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
 o Urban
%[2]
 o Rural
%[2]
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions1 contained
HDI (2017)0.801[3]
very high · 4th
WebsiteDFO.gov.ru

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: ? , Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a population of 8,371,257 (75.5% urban[4]) according to the 2010 Census.[2] The entire federal district lies within the easternmost part of Asia 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 Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district.[5] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[6]

Demographics

Federal subjects

Far Eastern Federal District
# Flag Federal subject Area in
km2[1]		 Population
(2010 census) 		Capital/Administrative center
1 Flag of Amur Oblast.svg Amur Oblast 361,900 830,103 Blagoveshchensk
2 Flag of Buryatia.svg Republic of Buryatia 351,300 971,021 Ulan-Ude
3 Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg Jewish Autonomous Oblast 36,300 176,558 Birobidzhan
4 Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg Zabaykalsky Krai 431,900 1,107,107 Chita
5 Flag of Kamchatka Krai.svg Kamchatka Krai 464,300 322,079 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
6 Flag of Magadan Oblast.svg Magadan Oblast 462,500 156,996 Magadan
7 Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg Primorsky Krai 164,700 1,956,497 Vladivostok
8 Flag of Sakha.svg Sakha Republic 3,083,500 958,528 Yakutsk
9 Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg Sakhalin Oblast 87,100 497,973 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
10 Flag of Khabarovsk Krai.svg Khabarovsk Krai 787,600 1,343,869 Khabarovsk
11 Flag of Chukotka.svg Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 721,500 50,526 Anadyr

Largest cities (with population over 75,000)

There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 14 cities have population over 75,000.

Four of these cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (6th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (10th), Nakhodka (11th), Artyom (12th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centres of a federal subject. Anadyr, centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smallest centres of a federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, Ingushetia, is smaller than Anadyr.

Also, Artyom is a large suburban city of Vladivostok metropolitan area.[7]

Populations are given as of the 2010 Census:

  1. Vladivostok: 592,034
  2. Khabarovsk: 577,441
  3. Ulan-Ude: 404,426
  4. Chita: 324,444
  5. Yakutsk: 269,601
  6. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 263,906
  7. Blagoveshchensk: 214,309
  8. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,728
  9. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 179,780
  10. Ussuriysk:158,004
  11. Nakhodka: 148,826
  12. Artyom: 102,603
  13. Magadan: 95,982
  14. Birobidzhan: 75,413

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Far Eastern Federal District

  1. Konstantin Pulikovsky (18 May 2000 - 14 November 2005)
  2. Kamil Iskhakov (14 November 2005 - 2 October 2007)
  3. Oleg Safonov (30 November 2007 - 30 April 2009)
  4. Viktor Ishayev (30 April 2009 - 30 August 2013)
  5. Yury P. Trutnev (31 August 2013 - present)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1.1. -? ? ? 2014 ?." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "? 2010 ?.  1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. ? 2010 ? [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018.
  4. ^ "Far Eastern Federal District, Russia Guide". russiatrek.org. Retrieved 2019.
  5. ^ " - ?". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018.
  6. ^ meduza.io https://meduza.io/news/2018/12/13/putin-perenes-stolitsu-dalnevostochnogo-federalnogo-okruga-vo-vladivostok. Retrieved 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ ? ? (in Russian)

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