Far Eastern Federal District

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Far Eastern Federal District
Дальневосточный федеральный округ
—  Federal District of Russia  —
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Country  Russia
Established May 18, 2000
Administrative Centre Khabarovsk
Government
 • Presidential Envoy Viktor Ishayev
Area
 • Total 6,215,900 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi)
Area rank 1st
Population (2010)
 • Total 6,291,952
 • Rank 8th
 • Density 1/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Federal subjects 9 contained
Economic regions 1 contained
Website www.dfo.gov.ru

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 6,291,900 (74.8% urban).[1] 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.

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] Federal subjects

Far Eastern Federal District
# Flag Federal subject Capital/Administrative center
1 Flag of Amur Oblast.svg Amur Oblast Blagoveshchensk
2 Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg Jewish Autonomous Oblast Birobidzhan
3 Flag of Kamchatka Oblast.svg Kamchatka Krai Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
4 Flag of Magadan Oblast.png Magadan Oblast Magadan
5 Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg Primorsky Krai Vladivostok
6 Flag of Sakha.svg Sakha Republic Yakutsk
7 Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg Sakhalin Oblast Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
8 Flag of Khabarovsk Krai.svg Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk
9 Flag of Chukotka.svg Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyr

[edit] Largest cities

Populations are given as of the 2002 Census:

  1. Vladivostok: 594,701
  2. Khabarovsk: 583,072
  3. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 271,600
  4. Blagoveshchensk: 219,221
  5. Yakutsk: 210,642
  6. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 198,028
  7. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 173,600
  8. Nakhodka: 148,826
  9. Magadan: 99,399
  10. Birobidzhan: 77,250
  11. Anadyr: 11,038

[edit] Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  1. Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
  2. Kamil Iskhakov (November 14, 2005 – October 2, 2007)
  3. Oleg Safonov (November 30, 2007 – April 30, 2009)
  4. Viktor Ishayev (April 30, 2009 – Present)

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