The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосточный федеральный округ, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is the largest of the eight federal districtsofRussia, 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.
Far Eastern Federal District
Дальневосточный федеральный округ
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Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
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| Country |  Russia |
| Established | 13 May 2000 |
| Administrative center | Vladivostok |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Yury Trutnev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st of 8 (40.6% of the country) |
| Population
(2021[2])
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| • Total | 7,975,762 |
| • Rank | 8th of 8 (5.6% of the country) |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 73.6% |
| • Rural | 26.4% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₽ 8.656 trillion US$ 124 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | ₽ 1,090,778 US$ 15,606 (2022) |
| 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) |
| Federal subjects | 11 contained |
| Economic regions | 1 contained |
| HDI (2021) | 0.808[4] very high · 4th |
| Website | DFO.gov.ru |
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Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District in Russia
The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin.[5] It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district.[6] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from KhabarovsktoVladivostok in December 2018.[7]
On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways – Ussuri (Khabarovsk–Vladivostok), Amur (Chita–Khabarovsk) and Vostok (Khabarovsk–Nakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).[8]
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| # | Flag | Coat of arms | Federal subject | Area in km2[1] |
Population (2021 census) |
GDP[9] | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division |
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Amur Oblast | 361,900 | 766,912 | ₽531 billion | Blagoveshchensk | 
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Republic of Buryatia | 351,300 | 978,588 | ₽342 billion | Ulan-Ude | 
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Jewish Autonomous Oblast | 36,300 | 150,453 | ₽79 billion | Birobidzhan | 
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Zabaykalsky Krai | 431,900 | 1,004,125 | ₽487 billion | Chita | 
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Kamchatka Krai | 464,300 | 291,705 | ₽338 billion | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | 
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Magadan Oblast | 462,500 | 136,085 | ₽315 billion | Magadan | 
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Primorsky Krai | 164,700 | 1,845,165 | ₽1,309 billion | Vladivostok | 
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Sakha Republic | 3,083,500 | 995,686 | ₽1,616 billion | Yakutsk | 
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Sakhalin Oblast | 87,100 | 466,609 | ₽1,234 billion | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 
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Khabarovsk Krai | 787,600 | 1,292,944 | ₽987 billion | Khabarovsk | 
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 721,500 | 47,490 | ₽136 billion | Anadyr | 
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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.[10]
Populations are given as of the 2021 census:
| Religion in the Far Eastern Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[11][12] | ||||
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| Russian Orthodoxy |
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27.4% | ||
| Other Orthodox |
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1.4% | ||
| Other Christians |
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5.0% | ||
| Buddhism |
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3.3% | ||
| Islam |
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0.7% | ||
| Native faiths |
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2.2% | ||
| Spiritual but not religious |
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27.0% | ||
| Atheism and irreligion |
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23.5% | ||
| Other and undeclared |
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9.5% | ||
According to a 2012 survey[11] 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.[11]
The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was:
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| North Caucasian | Central | Southern | Northwestern | Far Eastern | Siberian | Ural | Volga | |
