| Far Eastern Federal District | |||||
| Native Name: | Дальневосточный федеральный округ | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | ru | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Federal district | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Established Title: | Established | ||||
| Established Date: | 13 May 2000 | ||||
| Seat Type: | Administrative center | ||||
| Seat: | Vladivostok | ||||
| Leader Title: | Presidential Envoy | ||||
| Leader Name: | Yury Trutnev | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 6952600 | ||||
| Area Rank: | 1st of 8 (40.6% of the country) | ||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Population Total: | 7975762 | ||||
| Total Type: | Total | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2021[2] | ||||
| Population Rank: | 8th of 8 (5.6% of the country) | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Population Urban: | 73.6% | ||||
| Population Rural: | 26.4% | ||||
| 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 (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones) | ||||
| 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 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 | ||||
| Demographics Type2: | GDP | ||||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total | ||||
| Demographics2 Info1: | ₽ 8.656 trillion US$ 124 billion (2022) | ||||
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita | ||||
| Demographics2 Info2: | ₽ 1,090,778 US$ 15,606 (2022) | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2021) | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.808[3] · 4th | ||||
| Website: | DFO.gov.ru | ||||
| Footnotes: |
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The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосточный федеральный округ|p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia, but the least populated, with a population of around 8 million (73.6% urban) according to the 2021 Census. 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 2000 by President Vladimir Putin.[4] It is currently 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]
On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highwaysUssuri (KhabarovskVladivostok), Amur (ChitaKhabarovsk) and Vostok (KhabarovskNakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).[7]
| Flag | Coat of arms | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2021 census) | GDP[8] | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amur Oblast | 361,900 | 766,912 | ₽531 billion | Blagoveshchensk | ||||
| 2 | Republic of Buryatia | 351,300 | 978,588 | ₽342 billion | Ulan-Ude | ||||
| 3 | Jewish Autonomous Oblast | 36,300 | 150,453 | ₽79 billion | Birobidzhan | ||||
| 4 | Zabaykalsky Krai | 431,900 | 1,004,125 | ₽487 billion | Chita | ||||
| 5 | Kamchatka Krai | 464,300 | 291,705 | ₽338 billion | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | ||||
| 6 | Magadan Oblast | 462,500 | 136,085 | ₽315 billion | Magadan | ||||
| 7 | Primorsky Krai | 164,700 | 1,845,165 | ₽1,309 billion | Vladivostok | ||||
| 8 | Sakha Republic | 3,083,500 | 995,686 | ₽1,616 billion | Yakutsk | ||||
| 9 | Sakhalin Oblast | 87,100 | 466,609 | ₽1,234 billion | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | ||||
| 10 | Khabarovsk Krai | 787,600 | 1,292,944 | ₽987 billion | Khabarovsk | ||||
| 11 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 721,500 | 47,490 | ₽136 billion | Anadyr | ||||
There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 13 cities have populations over 75,000.
Only four of these 13 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (7th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (9th), 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.
Artyom is a large suburb of the Vladivostok metropolitan area.[9]
Populations are given as of the 2021 census:
617,441
603,519
437,565
355,443
334,427
241,437
238,505
181,587
180,393
164,900
139,931
109,556
90,757
According to a 2012 survey 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) Orthodox churches, 3.3% is an adherent 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 atheist, and 9.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.
The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was:
| № | Name (envoy) | Photo | Term of office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of term | End of term | Length of service | ||||
| 1 | Konstantin Pulikovsky | 18 May 2000 | 14 November 2005 | (days) | Vladimir Putin | |
| 2 | Kamil Iskhakov | 14 November 2005 | 2 October 2007 | (days) | ||
| 3 | Oleg Safonov | 30 November 2007 | 30 April 2009 | (days) | ||
| 4 | Viktor Ishayev | 30 April 2009 | 30 August 2013 | (days) | Dmitry Medvedev | |
| 5 | Yury Trutnev | 31 August 2013 | present | (days) | Vladimir Putin | |