Far Eastern Federal District

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, romanized: Dal'nevostochnyy federal'nyy okrug) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but 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
Federal district
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centerVladivostok
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyYury Trutnev
Area
 • Total6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
 • Rank1st of 8 (40.6% of the country)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total7,975,762
 • Rank8th of 8 (5.6% of the country)
 • Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
 • Urban
73.6%
 • Rural
26.4%
GDP
 • Total₽7.374 trillion
US$100 billion (2021)
 • Per capita₽909,459
US$12,339 (2021)
Time zones
BuryatiaUTC+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 RepublicUTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time)
Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha RepublicUTC+11:00 (Magadan Time)
Chukotka and Kamchatka KraiUTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time)
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions1 contained
HDI (2021)0.808
very high · 4th
WebsiteDFO.gov.ru
Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District in Russia
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