Evenk Autonomous Okrug (, ; , ), or Evenkia, was a

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(an

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Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

). It had been created in 1930. Its

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was the

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of Tura. As of 2006, at 767,600 km, it was Russia's seventh largest federal subject, and the country's least populous: In 1999, the governor of Krasnoyarsk, General

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, demanded the recognize the central district government of Krasnoyarsk had authority over it, which the refused to do, causing a power struggle between the central district and the 's government.National Geographic. ''The Book of Peoples''. Page 139 Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, Evenk and

Taymyr Autonomous Okrug Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (, '; Enets language, Enets: Таймыр Оша-Дюрак район, Nenets languages, Nenets: Таймыр Долганы-Ненэцие район) was a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of R ...

s were merged into

effective January 1, 2007. Administratively, they are now considered to be

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with special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai; municipally, they have a status of municipal districts (see Evenkiysky District). Boris Zolotaryov was the last governor of the autonomous .

Administrative divisions

Before 2007, Evenk AO contained three districts: * Baykitsky District * Ilimpiyskiy District * Tungussko-Chunsky District

Demographics

Population

(2002): 17,697.

Vital statistics

:Source
Russian Federal State Statistics Service

Ethnic groups

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 Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

(62%),

Evenks The Evenki, also known as the Evenks and formerly as the Tungus, are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Evenki are recognised as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, indigenous peoples of the Russi ...

(21.5%),

Yakuts The Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Si ...

(5.6%),

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

(3.1%), Kets (1.2%), 162

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

(0.9%), 152 Khakas (0.9%) and 127

Volga German The Volga Germans (, ; ) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and close to Ukraine nearer to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in th ...

s (0.7%).

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