Far_Eastern_economic_region
Far Eastern Economic Region
Economic region in Russia
The Far Eastern economic region (Russian: Дальневосто́чный экономи́ческий райо́н; tr.: Dalnevostochny ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.
Far Eastern economic region
Дальневосто́чный экономи́ческий райо́н (Dalnevostochny ekonomichesky rayon) | |
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Vladivostok, the largest city in the region | |
Map of Far Eastern Region | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,975,762 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₽ 7,374 billion US$ 100.286 billion |
| Time zones | |
| Buryatia | UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time) |
| Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones) | UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time) |
| Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic | UTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time) |
| Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic | UTC+11:00 (Magadan Time) |
| Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai | UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time) |
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Until 2018 it encompassed the same area as the Far Eastern Federal District, which then was enlarged by Buryatia Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai.[2]
In 2019 the economic region was enlarged by Buryatia Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai too [3]
The federal subjects are:
This region accounted for 4% of the national GRP in 2008. Bordering on the Pacific Ocean, the region has Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, and Vladivostok as its chief cities. Machinery is produced, and lumbering, fishing, hunting, and fur trapping are important. The Trans-Siberian Railroad follows the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and terminates at the port of Vladivostok.[4]
- "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
- Mieczowski, Z. (1968). "The Soviet Far East: Problem Region of the USSR". Pacific Affairs. 41 (2): 214–229. doi:10.2307/2754796. ISSN 0030-851X. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 Archived February 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine