Far Eastern Federal District
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Far Eastern Federal District Дальневосточный федеральный округ |
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| Federal district of Russia | |
 Location of the Far Eastern Federal District |
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| Country |
 Russia
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| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| Administrative center | Khabarovsk |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Yury Trutnev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,169,300 km2 (2,382,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 1st |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,293,129 |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 74.8% |
| • Rural | 25.2% |
| Federal subjects | 9 contained |
| Economic regions | 1 contained |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 48°42′N 135°12′E / 48.700°N 135.200°E
The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, Dalnevostochny federalny okrug) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a population of 6,293,129 (74.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census. The entire federal district lies within the easternmost part of Asia and covers the territory of the Russian Far East.
The Far Eastern Federal District was established on May 18, 2000 by President Vladimir Putin and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Yury P. Trutnev.
There are 66 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 12 cities have population over 75,000.
Four of these cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (4th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (8th), Nakhodka (9th), Artyom (10th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centers of a federal subject. Anadyr, center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smaller center of federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, Ingushetia, smaller than Anadyr.
Also, Artyom (10th) is a large suburban city of Vladivostok metropolitan area.
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