Evenkiysky District
District in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
District in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Evenkiysky District
Эвенкийский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Evenk | Эведы район |
Anthem: Anthem of Evenkiysky Municipal District[1] | |
Coordinates: 65°N 98°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsky Krai[2] |
Established | December 4, 2006[3] |
Administrative center | Tura[2] |
Government | |
• Type | Local government |
• Body | Evenkiysky District Council of Deputies[4] |
• Head[5] | Evgeny Y. Vasiliev[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 763,200 km2 (294,700 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,253 |
• Density | 0.021/km2 (0.055/sq mi) |
• Urban | 34.1% |
• Rural | 65.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 25 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Evenkiysky Municipal District[8] |
• Municipal divisions[8] | 0 urban settlements, 23 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [9]) |
OKTMO ID | 04650000 |
Website | http://www.evenkya.ru |
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]
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]
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]
As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Pyotr I. Suvorov.[6]
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 |
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%).
Ethnic group |
1939 Census | 1959 Census | 1970 Census | 1979 Census | 1989 Census | 2002 Census | 2010 Census | 2021 Census | ||||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Russians | 4,675 | 49.4% | 5,975 | 57.9% | 7,732 | 61.1% | 10,400 | 65.1% | 16,718 | 67.5% | 10,958 | 61.9% | 9,662 | 61.5% | 7,379 | 57.9 |
Evenks | 3,721 | 39.3% | 3,474 | 33.7% | 3,207 | 25.3% | 3,239 | 20.3% | 3,480 | 14.0% | 3,802 | 21.5% | 3,583 | 22.8% | 3,118 | 24.4 |
Yakuts | 713 | 7.5% | 51 | 0.5% | 781 | 6.2% | 822 | 5.1% | 937 | 3.8% | 991 | 5.6% | 939 | 5.9% | 996 | 7.8 |
Ukrainians | 117 | 1.2% | 196 | 1.9% | 254 | 2.0% | 472 | 3.0% | 1,303 | 5.3% | 550 | 3.1% | 341 | 2.1% | 161 | 1.2 |
Kets | 14 | 0.1% | 142 | 1.1% | 154 | 1.0% | 150 | 0.6% | 211 | 1.2% | 207 | 1.3% | 253 | 1.9 | ||
Others | 234 | 2.5% | 610 | 5.9% | 542 | 4.3% | 881 | 5.5% | 2,181 | 8.8% | 1,185 | 6.7% | 915 | 5.8% | 804 | 6.3 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1939 | 9,460 | — |
1959 | 10,320 | +9.1% |
1970 | 12,658 | +22.7% |
1979 | 15,710 | +24.1% |
1989 | 24,409 | +55.4% |
2002 | 17,697 | −27.5% |
2010 | 16,253 | −8.2% |
2021 | 13,404 | −17.5% |
Source: Census data |
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