Far Eastern Federal District Information
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 6,692,865 (74.3% urban). The Far Eastern Federal District was established in 2000 by then-President Vladimir Putin and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Viktor Ishayev. The Far Eastern Federal District covers the territory of the Russian Far East. The population of the region has fallen to 6.5 million as of Jan 1, 2010.[1]
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Demographics
Federal subjects
| # | Flag | Federal subject | Capital/Administrative center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amur Oblast | Blagoveshchensk | |
| 2 | Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Birobidzhan | |
| 3 | Kamchatka Krai | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | |
| 4 | Magadan Oblast | Magadan | |
| 5 | Primorsky Krai | Vladivostok | |
| 6 | Sakha Republic | Yakutsk | |
| 7 | Sakhalin Oblast | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | |
| 8 | Khabarovsk Krai | Khabarovsk | |
| 9 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 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
See also
External links
- (English) Information on Far Eastern Federal District
- (English) (Russian) Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West (includes materials on Russian Far East)
- Unofficial website (Russian)
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Categories: Far Eastern Federal District | States and territories established in 2000
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Of all the regions, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has always been most concerned about the Southern Federal District, with the Far East Federal District in second place. As a matter of record, the envoys of these two ...