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Economic region in Russia Economic region in Russia
Far Eastern economic region Дальневосточный экономический район (Russian)
Economic region
Khabarovsk, the largest city in the regionKhabarovsk, the largest city in the region
Map of Far Eastern RegionMap of Far Eastern Region
Country Russia
Area
 • Total6,952,600 km (2,684,400 sq mi)
Population
 • Total7,975,762
 • Density1.1/km (3.0/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total₽ 7,374 billion
US$ 100.286 billion (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)

The Far Eastern Economic Region is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.

Composition

Until 2018 it encompassed the same area as the Far Eastern Federal District. In 2019 it was enlarged with the addition of the Buryatia Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai.

The federal subjects are:

Economy

This region accounted for 4% of the national GRP in 2008. Bordering 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.

Notes

  1. Russian: Дальневосточный экономический район, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnɨj ɪkənɐˈmʲitɕɪskʲɪj rɐˈjɵn]

References

  1. "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
  2. 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.
  3. "ИЗМЕНИТЬ / КонсультантПлюс".
  4. Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 Archived February 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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