Evenkiysky District

District in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Evenkiysky District (Russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н, Evenki: Эведы район, romanized: Evedy rayon), or Evenkia (Russian: Эвенкия),[10] is an administrative[2] and municipal[8] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia. Before 1 January 2007, it was split into three different districts - Baykitsky, Ilimpiyskiy and Tungussko-Chunsky - as the Evenk Autonomous Okrug—a federal subject (an autonomous okrug) of Russia.

Quick Facts Эвенкийский район, Other transcription(s) ...
Evenkiysky District
Эвенкийский район
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  EvenkЭведы район
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Taiga in Evenkiysky District
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Anthem: Anthem of Evenkiysky Municipal District[1]
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Location of Evenkiysky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 65°N 98°E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsky Krai[2]
EstablishedDecember 4, 2006[3]
Administrative centerTura[2]
Government
  TypeLocal government
  BodyEvenkiysky District Council of Deputies[4]
  Head[5]Evgeny Y. Vasiliev[6]
Area
  Total763,200 km2 (294,700 sq mi)
Population
  Total16,253
  Density0.021/km2 (0.055/sq mi)
  Urban
34.1%
  Rural
65.9%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities[2]25 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asEvenkiysky Municipal District[8]
  Municipal divisions[8]0 urban settlements, 23 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[9])
OKTMO ID04650000
Websitehttp://www.evenkya.ru
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It is located in the central and eastern parts of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Kezhemsky, Boguchansky, Motyginsky, and Severo-Yeniseysky Districts & Yeniseysky District in the south, and with Turukhansky District in the west. The area of the district is 763,200 square kilometers (294,700 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Tura.[2]

Population: 16,253(2010 Census);[7] 17,697(2002 Census);[11] 24,409(1989 Soviet census).[12] The population of Tura accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.[7]

Geography

River Arga-Sala, the largest tributary of the Olenyok, has its sources in the district. Lake Yessey and Suringda are among of the largest in the area.[13][14] The southeastern coast of Lake Vivi is a geographical center of Russia.[citation needed]

History

The district was founded on December 4, 2006.[3]

On 15 March 2019 there was a meteorite that made headlines, called the New Tunguska meteorite. A piece was recovered from the bottom of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River near the village of Uchami in the Krasnoyarsk region. The location is 420 kilometres from site of the large Tunguska Event of 1908.[15]

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Pyotr I. Suvorov.[6]

Demographics

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
More information Average population (x 1000), Live births ...
Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
2007 17 304 233 71 18.1 13.9 4.2
2008 17 290 240 50 17.4 14.4 3.0
2009 16 305 243 62 18.5 14.7 3.8
2010 16 296 213 83 18.1 13.0 5.1
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Ethnic groups

The indigenous people of the region represents above 36.2% of the population. Of the 17,697 residents (as of the 2002 Census), 2 (0.01%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 67 ethnic groups, including ethnic Russians (62%), Evenks (21.5%), Yakuts (5.6%), Ukrainians (3.1%), Kets (1.2%), 162 Tatars (0.9%), 152 Khakas (0.9%) and 127 Volga Germans (0.7%).

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Ethnic
group
1939 Census 1959 Census 1970 Census 1979 Census 1989 Census 2002 Census 2010 Census 2021 Census
Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number % Number %
Russians 4,67549.4% 5,97557.9% 7,73261.1% 10,40065.1% 16,71867.5% 10,95861.9% 9,662 61.5% 7,379 57.9
Evenks 3,72139.3% 3,47433.7% 3,20725.3% 3,23920.3% 3,48014.0% 3,80221.5% 3,583 22.8% 3,118 24.4
Yakuts 7137.5% 510.5% 7816.2% 8225.1% 9373.8% 9915.6% 939 5.9% 996 7.8
Ukrainians 1171.2% 1961.9% 2542.0% 4723.0% 1,3035.3% 5503.1% 341 2.1% 161 1.2
Kets 140.1% 1421.1% 1541.0% 1500.6% 2111.2% 207 1.3% 253 1.9
Others 2342.5% 6105.9% 5424.3% 8815.5% 2,1818.8% 1,1856.7% 915 5.8% 804 6.3
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More information Year, Pop. ...
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19399,460    
195910,320+9.1%
197012,658+22.7%
197915,710+24.1%
198924,409+55.4%
200217,697−27.5%
201016,253−8.2%
202113,404−17.5%
Source: Census data
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References

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