| En Name: | Evenk Autonomous Okrug |
| Ru Name: | Эвенки́йский Aвтоно́мный Округ |
| Loc Name1: | Эведы Автомоды Округ |
| Loc Lang1: | Evenk |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Evenkia.png |
| Coa Caption: | Coat of arms |
| Flag Caption: | Flag |
| Political Status: | Autonomous Okrug |
| Political Status Link: | Autonomous okrugs of Russia |
| Federal District: | Siberian |
| Economic Region: | East Siberian |
| Adm Ctr Type: | Capital |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Tura |
| Official Lang List: | Recognised minority language: Evenk |
| Pop 2002Census: | 17,697 |
| Pop 2002Census Rank: | 89 |
| Pop Latest: | 16,979 |
| Pop Latest Date: | 2007 |
| Area Km2: | 763,197 |
| Area Km2 Rank: | 7th |
| Established Date: | 10 December 1930 |
| Gov As Of: | 31 December 2006 |
| Leader Title: | Last Governor |
| Leader Name: | Boris Zolotaryov |
| Legislature: | Legislative Assembly |
Evenk Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Эвенки́йский автоно́мный о́круг, ;,), or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai). It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura. As of 2006, at 767,600 km, it was Russia's seventh largest federal subject, and the country's least populous:
In 1999, the governor of Krasnoyarsk, General Alexander Lebed, demanded the recognize the central district government of Krasnoyarsk had authority over it, which the refused to do, causing a power struggle between the central district and the 's government.[1]
Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai effective January 1, 2007. Administratively, they are now considered to be districts with special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai; municipally, they have a status of municipal districts (see Evenkiysky District).
Boris Zolotaryov was the last governor of the autonomous .
See main article: Administrative divisions of Evenk Autonomous Okrug.
Before 2007, Evenk AO contained three districts:
(2002): 17,697.
Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service
| Average population (x 1000) | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 13 | 314 | 144 | 170 | 24.2 | 11.1 | 13.1 | |
| 1975 | 15 | 254 | 159 | 95 | 16.9 | 10.6 | 6.3 | |
| 1980 | 17 | 373 | 167 | 206 | 21.9 | 9.8 | 12.1 | |
| 1985 | 22 | 521 | 219 | 302 | 23.7 | 10.0 | 13.7 | |
| 1990 | 24 | 514 | 189 | 325 | 21.3 | 7.8 | 13.5 | |
| 1991 | 24 | 427 | 221 | 206 | 17.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | |
| 1992 | 24 | 414 | 249 | 165 | 17.5 | 10.5 | 7.0 | |
| 1993 | 23 | 297 | 270 | 27 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 1.2 | |
| 1994 | 21 | 294 | 257 | 37 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 1.7 | |
| 1995 | 20 | 299 | 214 | 85 | 14.8 | 10.6 | 4.2 | |
| 1996 | 20 | 269 | 223 | 46 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 2.3 | |
| 1997 | 20 | 261 | 202 | 59 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 3.0 | |
| 1998 | 19 | 244 | 220 | 24 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 1.2 | |
| 1999 | 19 | 251 | 203 | 48 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 2.6 | |
| 2000 | 18 | 242 | 214 | 28 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 1.5 | |
| 2001 | 18 | 274 | 234 | 40 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 2.2 | |
| 2002 | 18 | 263 | 237 | 26 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 1.5 | |
| 2003 | 18 | 274 | 215 | 59 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 3.4 | |
| 2004 | 17 | 267 | 218 | 49 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 2.8 | |
| 2005 | 17 | 283 | 259 | 24 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 1.4 | |
| 2006 | 17 | 282 | 236 | 46 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 2.7 |
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%).
| Ethnic group | 1939 census | 1959 census | 1970 census | 1979 census | 1989 census | 2002 census | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Evenks | 3,721 | 39.3% | 3,474 | 33.7% | 3,207 | 25.3% | 3,239 | 20.3% | 3,480 | 14.0% | 3,802 | 21.5% | |
| Yakuts | 713 | 7.5% | 51 | 0.5% | 781 | 6.2% | 822 | 5.1% | 937 | 3.8% | 991 | 5.6% | |
| Kets | 14 | 0.1% | 142 | 1.1% | 154 | 1.0% | 150 | 0.6% | 211 | 1.2% | |||
| Russians | 4,675 | 49.4% | 5,975 | 57.9% | 7,732 | 61.1% | 10,400 | 65.1% | 16,718 | 67.5% | 10,958 | 61.9% | |
| Ukrainians | 117 | 1.2% | 196 | 1.9% | 254 | 2.0% | 472 | 3.0% | 1,303 | 5.3% | 550 | 3.1% | |
| Others | 234 | 2.5% | 610 | 5.9% | 542 | 4.3% | 881 | 5.5% | 2,181 | 8.8% | 1,185 | 6.7% | |