Far Eastern Federal District
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| Far Eastern Federal District Дальневосточный федеральный округ |
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| — Federal District of Russia — | |
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| 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
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| # | Flag | Federal subject | Capital/Administrative center |
| 1 |  |
Amur Oblast | Blagoveshchensk |
| 2 |  |
Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Birobidzhan |
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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 |
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] 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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