Far Eastern Economic Region
Economic region in Russia
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The Far Eastern Economic Region[a] is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.
Far Eastern economic region
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Khabarovsk, the largest city in the region | |
.svg) Map of Far Eastern Region | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,975,762 |
| • Density | 1.1472/km2 (2.9711/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • 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) |
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
- Russian: Дальневосточный экономический район, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnɨj ɪkənɐˈmʲitɕɪskʲɪj rɐˈjɵn]
