Far Eastern Economic Region

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Far Eastern economic region
Дальневосточный экономический район (Russian)
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Khabarovsk, the largest city in the region
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Map of Far Eastern Region
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Area
  Total
6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
Population
  Total
7,975,762
  Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
GDP
[1]
  Total 7,374 billion
US$ 100.286 billion (2021)
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)

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

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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. [2] [3]

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. [4]

Notes

  1. Russian:Дальневосточный экономический район, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnɨjɪkənɐˈmʲitɕɪskʲɪjrɐˈjɵn]

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