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48°42′N 135°12′E / 48.700°N 135.200°E / 48.700; 135.200

Far Eastern Federal District
Дальневосточный федеральный округ
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
 • Presidential EnvoyYury Trutnev
Area
[1]
 • Total6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
 • Rank1st of 8 (40,6% of the country)
Population
 (2021[2])
 • Total7,976,090
 • Rank8th of 8 (5,6 % of the country)
 • Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
 • Urban
73.6%
 • Rural
26.4%
Time zones
BuryatiaUTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones)UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha RepublicUTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time)
Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha RepublicUTC+11:00 (Magadan Time)
Chukotka and Kamchatka KraiUTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time)
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions1 contained
HDI (2021)0.808[3]
very high · 4th
WebsiteDFO.gov.ru
Map
Far Eastern Federal District is located in Far Eastern Federal District
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Blue pog.svg Far Eastern Federal District in Russia
Bikin National Park, Primorsky Krai

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but least populated, with a population of around 8 million (73.6% urban) according to the 2021 Census. The federal district lies entirely within the easternmost part of Asia and is coextensive with the Russian Far East.

HistoryEdit

See also: History of the Russian Far East

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.[4] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[5]

On July 15, 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways - "Ussuri" (Khabarovsk - Vladivostok), "Amur" (Chita - Khabarovsk) and "Vostok" (Khabarovsk - Nakhodka), a road connecting the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD)[6]

DemographicsEdit

 
Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjectsEdit

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

Largest cities (with population over 75,000)Edit

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

Only four of these 14 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, the centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smallest centres of a federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, the centre of Ingushetia, is smaller than Anadyr.

Artyom is a large suburb of the 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

ReligionEdit

Religion in the Far Eastern Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[8][9]
Russian Orthodoxy
 
 27.4%
Other Orthodox
 
 1.4%
Other Christians
 
 5.0%
Buddhism
 
 3.3%
Islam
 
 0.7%
Native faiths
 
 2.2%
Spiritual but not religious
 
 27.0%
Atheism and irreligion
 
 23.5%
Other and undeclared
 
 9.5%

According to a 2012 survey[8] 27.4% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District (including Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.0% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.4% is an Orthodox believer without belonging to any church or adheres to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 3.3% is an adherant of Buddhism, 0.7% is an adherent of Islam, and 2.2% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, Yellow shamanism, or Black shamanism. In addition, 27.0% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 23.5% is atheist, and 9.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.[8]

EthnicityEdit

 
Ethnic map of the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census. This map was from before Zaybaykalsky Krai and Buryatia were both added to the region.

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census (before integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018):

Individuals who did not indicate nationality - 295,359 (4.69%)

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Far Eastern Federal DistrictEdit

  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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "Provisional results of the 2020 All-Russian population census" (in Russian). Rosstat. May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "Путин перенес столицу Дальневосточного федерального округа во Владивосток". meduza.io. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Доев Дмитрий: «Обход Хабаровска» — флагман дорожных концессий Группы «ВИС»". PRIMPRESS.RU (in Russian). Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  7. ^ Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации (in Russian)
  8. ^ a b c "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia". Sreda, 2012.
  9. ^ 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2017. Archived.

External linksEdit

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