Far Eastern Economic Region

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

Far Eastern economic region Дальневосточный экономический район (Russian)
Economic region
Khabarovsk, the largest city in the region
Map of Far Eastern Region
Country	Russia
Area
• Total	6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	7,975,762
• Density	1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	₽ 7,374 billion US$ 100.286 billion (2021)
Time zones
Buryatia	UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones)	UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic	UTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time)
Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic	UTC+11:00 (Magadan Time)
Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai	UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time)

Composition

Until 2018 it encompassed the same area as the Far Eastern Federal District, which then was enlarged by Buryatia Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai.

In 2019 the economic region was enlarged by Buryatia Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai too

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 on 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.