thumb|Bikin National Park, Primorsky Krai
The Far Eastern Federal District is the largest and the least populated federal district of Russia, with a population of around 7.9 million and an area of . The federal district is within North Asia as per the UN geoscheme and it is coextensive with the Russian Far East.
History
The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin. It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district. The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.
On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highwaysUssuri (KhabarovskVladivostok), Amur (ChitaKhabarovsk) and Vostok (KhabarovskNakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).
Demographics
thumb|Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census
Federal subjects
400px|Far Eastern Federal District
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! #
! Flag
! Coat of arms
! Federal subject
! Area in<br>km<sup>2</sup>
! Capital/Administrative center
! Map of Administrative Division
|-
! 1
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| Amur Oblast
| align="right"|361,900
| align="right"|766,912
| ₽531 billion
| Blagoveshchensk
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|-
!2
| border|50px
| 50px|border
| Republic of Buryatia
| align="right"|351,300
| align="right"|978,588
| ₽342 billion
| Ulan-Ude
| 50px|border
|-
! 3
| 50px|border
| 50px|border
| Jewish Autonomous Oblast
| align="right"|36,300
| align="right"|150,453
| ₽79 billion
| Birobidzhan
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|-
!4
| border|50px
| 50px|border
| Zabaykalsky Krai
| align="right"|431,900
| align="right"|1,004,125
| ₽487 billion
| Chita
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|-
! 5
| 50px|border
| 50px|border
| Kamchatka Krai
| align="right"|464,300
| align="right"|291,705
| ₽338 billion
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
| 50px|border
|-
! 6
| 50px|border
| 50px|border
| Magadan Oblast
| align="right"|462,500
| align="right"|136,085
| ₽315 billion
| Magadan
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|-
! 7
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| 50px|border
| Primorsky Krai
| align="right"|164,700
| align="right"|1,845,165
| ₽1,309 billion
| Vladivostok
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|-
! 8
| 50px|border
| 50px|border
| Sakha Republic
| align="right"|3,083,500
| align="right"|995,686
| ₽1,616 billion
| Yakutsk
| 50px|border
|-
! 9
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| 50px|border
| Sakhalin Oblast
| align="right"|87,100
| align="right"|466,609
| ₽1,234 billion
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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|-
! 10
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| 50px|border
| Khabarovsk Krai
| align="right"|787,600
| align="right"|1,292,944
| ₽987 billion
| Khabarovsk
| 50px|border
|-
! 11
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| 50px|border
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
| align="right"|721,500
| align="right"|47,490
| ₽136 billion
| Anadyr
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|}
thumb|[[Lake Pekulney, Chukotka]]
Largest cities with a population over 75,000
There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 13 cities have populations over 75,000.
Only four of these 13 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (7th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (9th), Nakhodka (11th), Artyom (12th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centres of a federal subject. Anadyr, the centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smallest centres of a federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, the centre of Ingushetia, is smaller than Anadyr.
Artyom is a large suburb of the Vladivostok metropolitan area.
Populations are given as of the 2021 census:
- Khabarovsk: 617,441
- Vladivostok: 603,519
- Ulan-Ude: 437,565
- Yakutsk: 355,443
- Chita: 334,427
- Blagoveshchensk: 241,437
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 238,505
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,587
- Ussuriysk: 180,393
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 164,900
- Nakhodka: 139,931
- Artyom: 109,556
- Magadan: 90,757
Religion
According to a 2012 survey