Far Eastern Federal District

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Bikin National Park, Primorsky Krai

The Far Eastern Federal District (Template:Lang-rus) is the largest and the least populated federal district of Russia, with a population of around 7.9 million and an area of Template:Convert. The federal district is within North Asia as per the UN geoscheme and it is coextensive with the Russian Far East.

History

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The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways[[A370 highway (Russia)|Template:SndUssuri]] (KhabarovskTemplate:NdashVladivostok), Amur (ChitaTemplate:NdashKhabarovsk) and Vostok (Khabarovsk[[Nakhodka|Template:NdashNakhodka]]), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Demographics

Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

Far Eastern Federal District

# Flag Coat of arms Federal subject Area in
km2<ref name=area/> 		Population
(2021 census) 		GDP<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division
1 Amur Oblast 361,900 766,912 ₽531 billion Blagoveshchensk
2 Republic of Buryatia 351,300 978,588 ₽342 billion Ulan-Ude
3 Jewish Autonomous Oblast 36,300 150,453 ₽79 billion Birobidzhan
4 Zabaykalsky Krai 431,900 1,004,125 ₽487 billion Chita
5 Kamchatka Krai 464,300 291,705 ₽338 billion Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky File:Outline Map of Kamchatka Krai.png
6 File:Flag of Magadan Oblast.svg File:Coat of Arms of Magadan oblast.svg Magadan Oblast 462,500 136,085 ₽315 billion Magadan File:Outline Map of Magadan Oblast.svg
7 File:Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg File:Coat of arms of Primorsky Krai.svg Primorsky Krai 164,700 1,845,165 ₽1,309 billion Vladivostok File:Russia Primorsky Krai location map.svg
8 File:Flag of Sakha.svg File:Coat of Arms of Sakha (Yakutia).svg Sakha Republic 3,083,500 995,686 ₽1,616 billion Yakutsk File:Yakutia notext.svg
9 File:Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg File:Sakhalin Oblast Coat of Arms.svg Sakhalin Oblast 87,100 466,609 ₽1,234 billion Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk File:Outline Map of Sakhalin Oblast.svg
10 File:Flag of Khabarovsk Krai.svg File:Coat of arms of Khabarovsk Krai.svg Khabarovsk Krai 787,600 1,292,944 ₽987 billion Khabarovsk File:Russia Khabarovsk Krai location map.svg
11 File:Flag of Chukotka.svg File:Coat of Arms of Chukotka.svg Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 721,500 47,490 ₽136 billion Anadyr File:Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location map.svg

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Lake Pekulney, Chukotka

Largest cities with a population over 75,000

There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 13 cities have populations over 75,000.

Only four of these 13 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (7th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (9th), 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.<ref name="vlad">Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации Template:In lang</ref>

Populations are given as of the 2021 census:

  1. Khabarovsk: 617,441
  2. Vladivostok: 603,519
  3. Ulan-Ude: 437,565
  4. Yakutsk: 355,443
  5. Chita: 334,427
  6. Blagoveshchensk: 241,437
  7. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 238,505
  8. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,587
  9. Ussuriysk: 180,393
  10. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 164,900
  11. Nakhodka: 139,931
  12. Artyom: 109,556
  13. Magadan: 90,757

Religion

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According to a 2012 survey<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> 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 adherent 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.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> Template:Clear

Ethnicity

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

The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was:

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

№ Name (envoy) Photo Term of office Appointed by
Start of term End of term Length of service
1 Konstantin Pulikovsky File:Пуликовский Константин Борисович.JPG 18 May 2000 14 November 2005 Template:Age in years and days (Template:Age in days nts days) Vladimir Putin
2 Kamil Iskhakov File:Исхаков Камиль Шамильевич.jpg 14 November 2005 2 October 2007 Template:Age in years and days (Template:Age in days nts days)
3 Oleg Safonov File:Олег Сафронов 6 March 2008.jpg 30 November 2007 30 April 2009 Template:Age in years and days (Template:Age in days nts days)
4 Viktor Ishayev File:Viktor Ishayev portrait (cropped).jpg 30 April 2009 30 August 2013 Template:Age in years and days (Template:Age in days nts days) Dmitry Medvedev
5 Yury Trutnev File:Yury Trutnev (2019-12-19).jpg 31 August 2013 present Template:Age in years and days (Template:Age in days nts days) Vladimir Putin

See also

References

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