Far Eastern Economic Region

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

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.

The federal subjects are: Amur Oblast Buryat Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Jewish Autonomous Oblast Kamchatka Krai Khabarovsk Krai Magadan Oblast Primorsky Krai Sakha Republic Sakhalin Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai

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.Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07

Notes

References