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Evenkiysky District

Evenkiysky District (Russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н, Evenki: Эведы район, romanized: Evedy rayon), or Evenkia (Russian: Эвенкия),[10] is an administrative[1] 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.

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.[1]

Population: 16,253 (2010 Russian 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.[5]

Demographics

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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%).

References

Map of Evenkia

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #10-4765
  2. ^ Decision #246-10
  3. ^ a b Law #652
  4. ^ Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, Article 9.1
  5. ^ a b Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai.Information about Evenkiysky District Archived December 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. ^ Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, Article 9.2
  7. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ a b c Law #13-6271
  9. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. ^ According to Article 2.4 of the Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, the names "Evenkiysky Municipal District" and "Evenkia" have equal status.
  11. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  12. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  13. ^ "Q-47_48 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  14. ^ Google Earth
  15. ^ Russian scientists' locate site of Evenkia meteorite’s impact'

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