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The Far Eastern Federal District is a federal district of the Russian Federation located in its Far East, formed by the Decree of the President of Russia of May 13, 2000. The first administrative center was the city of Khabarovsk - the largest city in the district by population. December 13, 2018, Vladivostok became the capital city of the district.
The population of the Far Eastern Federal District is about 8,240,000 (2018), the area - 6,952,555 sq. km.
The Far Eastern Federal District is the largest by land area federal district in Russia (about 40% of the area of the country) in which most of the subjects (except for the Zabaykalsky Krai, the Buryatia Republic, the Amur region, the Jewish autonomous region) have access to the sea, and one subject (the Sakhalin region) does not have a land border with other subjects and the main territory of Russia.
Another feature of the Far Eastern Federal District is the presence of a land border with China and North Korea, as well as sea borders with Japan and the United States. The Far Eastern Federal District has the only autonomous oblast in Russia (the Jewish autonomous oblast).
A significant part of the territory of the Far Eastern Federal District is located in the regions of the Far North and permafrost. The level of urbanization is about 75.5%.
The Far East is a region with rich reserves of natural resources, unique flora and fauna. This district has significant reserves of diamonds (about 80% of the total Russian reserves), gold (70%), Iceland spar and rock crystal, mica, sulfur, and other minerals. On the Sakhalin shelf there are oil and natural gas deposits. There is also a significant reserve of forest resources (43% of the total forest area and 33% of the timber stock of Russia).
The main branches of the local economy are non-ferrous metallurgy, oil and natural gas production, mining, fishing, forestry, pulp and paper and woodworking industries, chemical industry, shipbuilding, hydropower, transport. Traditional for the Far East reindeer breeding, hunting, fishing, fur farming are developed practically in all subjects.
The fishery complex of the Far East is the largest in Russia. It accounts for about 70% of the production of all water and biological resources of the country and 56% of the total Russian fish production.
Due to its geographic location, the Russian Far East is involved in the process of cooperation with China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea.
Amur region
Kamchatka region
Primorsky region
In total, there are more than 90 cities and towns on the territory of the Far Eastern Federal District.
Far East Federal District includes the following 11 federal subjects of Russian Federation:
The largest cities of Far East Federal District are:
Church in Blagoveshchensk city
Church in Magadan city
Volcanic eruption in Kamchatka
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