Far Eastern Federal District: Difference between revisions

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| name = Far Eastern Federal District

| native_name = Дальневосточный федеральный округ

| native_name_lang = ru

| settlement_type = [[Federal districts of Russia|Federal district]] of [[Russia]]

| image_map = Map of Russia - Far Eastern Federal District (2018 composition).svg

| map_caption = Location of the Far Eastern Federal District

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = {{RUS}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1813 May 2000

| seat_type = Administrative center

| seat = [[Vladivostok]]

| leader_title = Presidential Envoy

| leader_name = [[Yury Trutnev]]

| unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->

| area_total_km2 = 6952600

| area_rank = 1st of 8 (40,.6% of the country)

| area_footnotes = <ref name="area">{{Cite web |title=1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г. |trans-title=MAINMain SOCIOECONOMICSocioeconomic INDICATORSIndicators 2014 |url=http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b15_14p/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/01-01-1.doc |access-date=26 July 2016 |website=Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators -– 2015 |publisher=[[Russian Federal State Statistics Service]] |language=ru}}</ref>

| population_total = 8,371,2577975762

| total_type = Total

| population_rank = 8th of 8 (5,.6 % of the country)

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = ??73.6%<ref name="2010Census" />

| population_rural = ??26.4%<ref name="2010Census" />

| timezone_link = Time in Russia

| timezone1_location = [[Buryatia]]

| timezone1 = [[Irkutsk Time]]

| utc_offset1 = +08:00

| timezone2_location = [[Amur Oblast]], [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] and most of the [[Sakha Republic]] <small>(excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones)</small>

| timezone2 = [[Yakutsk Time]]

| utc_offset2 = +09:00

| timezone3_location = [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], [[Khabarovsk Krai]], [[Primorsky Krai]], and the [[Oymyakonsky]], [[Ust-Yansky]] and [[Verkhoyansky]] districts of the [[Sakha Republic]]

| timezone3 = [[Vladivostok Time]]

| utc_offset3 = +10:00

| timezone4_location = [[Magadan Oblast]], [[Sakhalin Oblast]], and the [[Abyysky]], [[Allaikhovsky]], [[Momsky]], [[Nizhnekolymsky]], [[Srednekolymsky]] and [[Verkhnekolymsky]] districts of the [[Sakha Republic]]

| timezone4 = [[Magadan Time]]

| utc_offset4 = +11:00

| timezone5_location = [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|Chukotka]] and [[Kamchatka Krai]]

| timezone5 = [[Kamchatka Time]]

| utc_offset5 = +12:00

| blank_name_sec1 = Federal subjects

| blank_info_sec1 = 11 contained

| blank1_name_sec1 = Economic regions

| blank1_info_sec1 = 1 contained

The '''Far Eastern Federal District''' ({{lang-rurus|Дальневосто́чныйДальневосточный федера́льныйфедеральный о́круг}},округ|p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj ''Dalnevostochnyfʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj federalny okrug''ˈokrʊk}}) is the largest of the [[federal districts of Russia|eight federal districts]] of [[Russia]], but the least populated, with a population of around 8,371,257 million (7573.56% urban<ref>{{Cite web |title=Far Eastern Federal District, Russia Guide |url=http://russiatrek.org/far_east-district |access-date=2019-05-26 |website=russiatrek.org}}</ref>) according to the [[Russian Census (20102021)|20102021 Census]].<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> The federal district lies entirely within the easternmost part of [[Asia]] and is coextensive with the [[Russian Far East]].

The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May&nbsp;18, 2000, by [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite andweb |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе |trans-title= Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District |first=V. |last=Putin |date=13 May 2000 |url= https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4_%D0%BE%D1%82_13.05.2000_%E2%84%96_849 |language=ru |via=Wikisource |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> It is currently being governed by presidential envoy [[Yury Trutnev]]. In November 2018, [[Buryatia]] and [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] were added to the federal district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201811040002?index=0&rangeSize=1 |access-date=2018-11-04 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205162518/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201811040002?index=0&rangeSize=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from [[Khabarovsk]] to [[Vladivostok]] in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/12/13/putin-perenes-stolitsu-dalnevostochnogo-federalnogo-okruga-vo-vladivostok |access-date=2018-12-13 |website=meduza.io|title=Путин перенес столицу Дальневосточного федерального округа во Владивосток }}</ref>

! colspan="89" | [[File:Far Eastern Federal District (numbered, 2018 composition).svg|400px|Far Eastern Federal District]]

! Coat of Armsarms

! Population<br>(20102021 census)

| align="right"|830766,103912

| [[File:Flag_of_Buryatia.svg|border|50px]]

| [[Buryatia|Republic of Buryatia]]

| align="right"|351,300

| align="right"|971978,021588

| align="right"|176150,558453

| [[File:Flag_of_Zabaykalsky_Krai.svg|border|50px]]

| [[Zabaykalsky Krai]]

| align="right"|431,900

| align="right"|1,107004,107125

| [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Zabaikalsky Krai.svg|50px|border]]

| align="right"|322291,079705

| align="right"|156136,996085

| align="right"|1,956845,497165

| align="right"|958995,528686

| align="right"|497466,973609

| align="right"|1,343292,869944

| align="right"|5047,526490

{{Historical populations|7=1959|8=6543859|9=1970|10=7737678|11=1979|12=8946829|13=1989|14=10359773|15=2002|16=8829449|17=2010|18=8372257|19=2021|20=7975762|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}[[File:Pekulneyskoe Lake.JPG|thumb|[[Lake Pekulney]], Chukotka]]

=== Largest cities (with a population over 75,000) ===

There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 1413 cities have populations over 75,000.

Only four of these 1413 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (6th7th) in [[Khabarovsk Krai]], Ussuriysk (10th9th), 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.

Populations are given as of the [[Russian2021 CensusRussian (2010)census|20102021 Censuscensus]]:

#'''[[VladivostokKhabarovsk]]''': 592617,034441

#'''[[KhabarovskVladivostok]]''': 577603,441519

#[[Ulan-Ude]]: 404437,426565

#[[Komsomolsk-on-AmurBlagoveshchensk]]: 263241,906437

#[[BlagoveshchenskKomsomolsk-on-Amur]]: 214238,309505

#[[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk]]: 181,728587

#[[Petropavlovsk-KamchatskyUssuriysk]]: 179180,780393

#[[Nakhodka]]: 148139,826931

#[[Artyom, Russia|Artyom]]: 102109,603556

#[[Magadan]]: 9590,982757

|title=Religion in the Far Eastern Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas">[http://sreda.org/en/arena "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia"]. Sreda, 2012.</ref><ref name="2012Arena-religion-maps">[http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps]. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), August 27, August 2012. Retrieved April 21, April 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421154615/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg Archived].</ref>

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) [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox church]]es, 3.3% is an adherantadherent 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 [[atheism|atheist]], and 9.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/>

* [[Manchuria]] ([[Northeast China]])

* [[OuterRussian Manchuria (Russia)|Russian Manchuria]]

== References ==

== External links ==

* [http://frontiers.loc.gov/ Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West] (includes materials on the Russian Far East) {{in lang|en|ru}}

{{Subdivisions of Russia|state=collapsed}}

{{Russian Far East|state=collapsed}}{{Russian federal districts|state=collapsed}}