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Evenkiysky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
settlement of Tura

Founded
  
14 October 2005

Federal subject
  
Krasnoyarsk Krai

Rural localities
  
25

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Coat of Arms of Evenkiysky Municipal District
  
Flag of Evenkiysky Municipal District

Anthem
  
Anthem of Evenkiysky Municipal District

Evenkiysky District (Russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (Russian: Эвенкия), is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Before January 1, 2007, it was the only district of Evenk Autonomous Okrug—a federal subject (an autonomous okrug) of Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Kezhemsky, Boguchansky, Motyginsky, and Severo-Yeniseysky Districts in the south, and with Turukhansky District in the west. The area of the district is 763,200 square kilometers (294,700 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Tura. Population: 16,253 (2010 Census); 17,697 (2002 Census); 24,409 (1989 Census). The population of Tura accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Geography

The southeastern coast of Lake Vivi is a geographical center of Russia.

History

The district was founded on December 4, 2006.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Pyotr I. Suvorov.

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service

Ethnic groups

Of the 17,697 residents (as of the 2002 Census), 2 (0.01%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 67 ethnic groups, including ethnic Russians (62%), Evenks (21.5%), Yakuts (5.6%), Ukrainians (3.1%), Kets (1.2%), 162 Tatars (0.9%), 152 Khakas (0.9%) and 127 Volga Germans (0.7%).

References

Evenkiysky District Wikipedia