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Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ''Krasnoyarsky kray'') is a Federal Subject of Russia (a Krai ). It is the Second Largest Russian region after the Sakha Republic , occupying an area of 2,339,700 km&2, which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the City of Krasnoyarsk . GEOGRAPHY The krai lies in the middle of Siberia , stretching 3,000 km from north to south. It shares borders with Tyumen , Tomsk , Irkutsk , and Kemerovo Oblast s, the Khakass , Tyva , and Sakha Republic s, and the Arctic Ocean in the north. On January 1 , 2007 , following a referendum on the issue held on April 17 , 2005 , territories of Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrug s were merged into the krai. Time zone Krasnoyarsk Krai is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST). HISTORY The krai was created in 1934 and then included Taymyr and Evenk Autonomous Okrug s and Khakasiya Autonomous Oblast . In 1991, Khakassia became a republic within the Russian Federation. See Also: Ket people ECONOMY Over 95% of the cities, a majority of the industrial enterprises, and all of the agriculture are concentrated in the south of the krai. The krai is among the richest of Russia's regions in natural resources. Eighty percent of the country's , energy, forestry, chemicals, and oil refining. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS See Also: Administrative divisions of Krasnoyarsk Krai DEMOGRAPHICS ''Population'' (2002): 3,023,525 (including Taymyr and Evenk autonomous okrugs) ''Ethnic groups'': The 2002 Census reported the ‘national composition’ as • Russian 88.38% • Ukrainian 2.37% • Tatar 1.49% • German 1.24% • Azeri 0.65% • Belarusians 0.61% • Chuvash 0.57% • Dolgan 0.38% • Armenian 0.36% • Evenk 0.29% • Mordvin 0.25% • Nenets 0.21% • Mari 0.17% • Khakas 0.16% • Estonian 0.14% • Kyrgyz 0.13% • Bashkir 0.13% • Moldovan 0.13% • Tajik 0.12% • Udmurt 0.11% • Latvian 0.10% • Uzbek 0.09% • Kazakh 0.09% • Polish 0.08% • Yakut 0.08% • Lezgin 0.07% • Lithuanian 0.07% • Roma 0.07% • Georgian 0.06% • Jewish 0.06% • Ossetian 0.06% • Nganasan 0.05% • Tuvan 0.05% • Ket 0.05% • Korean 0.04% • Buriat 0.04% • Chechen 0.03% • Greek 0.03% • Latgalian 0.03%, and many other groups of less than eight hundred persons each. An additional 0.56% of residents declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.1 |
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