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Far Eastern Federal District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
Khabarovsk

Federal subjects
  
9 contained

Area
  
6.216 million km²

Established
  
May 18, 2000

Area rank
  
1st

Economic regions
  
1 contained

Population
  
6.293 million (2010)

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Destinations
  
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk

Clubs and Teams
  
Amur Khabarovsk, Admiral Vladivostok

Points of interest
  
Zolotoy Rog, Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, Valley of Geysers, Lake Khanka, Mount Kholodilnik

Colleges and Universities
  
Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok State University, Far Eastern State Transport, Pacific National University, The Far Eastern State Me

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 6,293,129 (74.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census. The entire federal district lies within the easternmost part of Asia and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.

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Map of Far Eastern Federal District, Russia

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 P. Trutnev.

Largest cities (with population over 75,000)

There are 66 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 12 cities have population over 75,000.

Four of these cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (4th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (8th), Nakhodka (9th), Artyom (10th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centers of a federal subject. Anadyr, center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smaller center of federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, Ingushetia, smaller than Anadyr.

Also, Artyom (10th) is a large suburban city of Vladivostok metropolitan area.

Populations are given as of the 2010 Census:

  1. Vladivostok: 592,034
  2. Khabarovsk: 577,441
  3. Yakutsk: 269,601
  4. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 263,906
  5. Blagoveshchensk: 214,309
  6. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,728
  7. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 179,780
  8. Ussuriysk:158,004
  9. Nakhodka: 148,826
  10. Artyom: 102,603
  11. Magadan: 95,982
  12. Birobidzhan: 75,413

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Far Eastern Federal District

  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 – August 30, 2013)
  5. Yury P. Trutnev (August 31, 2013 – present)

References

Far Eastern Federal District Wikipedia