Far Eastern Federal District

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a population of 8,371,257 (75.5% urban[4]) according to the 2010 Census.[2] The entire federal district lies within the easternmost part of Asia and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.

This article is about political group of regions created by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Russian Far East.

Far Eastern Federal District

Дальневосточный федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centerVladivostok
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyYury Trutnev
Area
 • Total6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
Area rank1st of 8 (40,6% of the country)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,371,257
 • Rank8th of 8 (5,6 % of the country)
 • Density1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
 • Urban
??%[2]
 • Rural
??%[2]
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions1 contained
HDI (2018)0.810[3]
very high · 4th
WebsiteDFO.gov.ru

History

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.[5] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[6]

Demographics

Federal subjects
# Flag Federal subject Area in
km2[1]		 Population
(2010 census)		 Capital/Administrative center
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

Largest cities (with population over 75,000)

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

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

Also, Artyom is a large suburban city of 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

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Far Eastern Federal District
  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 also

References
  1. "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. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. "Far Eastern Federal District, Russia Guide". russiatrek.org. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. "Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. meduza.io https://meduza.io/news/2018/12/13/putin-perenes-stolitsu-dalnevostochnogo-federalnogo-okruga-vo-vladivostok. Retrieved December 13, 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации (in Russian)
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