Siberian Federal District

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Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сиби́рский федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Sibirsky federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is the central of the three Asian districts. Its population was 20,062,938 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 5,114,800 km² (1,974,835.3 mi²). The Current Presidential Envoy to Siberian Federal District is Anatoly Kvashnin.

It should not be confused with Siberia, which includes the whole of Asian Russia except that close to the Pacific.

Below is a list of the federal subjects within the Siberian Federal District. (Republics are marked with an asterisk, and autonomous districts—with #).

1. Altai Republic^*
2. Altai Krai
3. Buryatia^*
4. Chita Oblast
4a. Aga Buryatia^#
5. Irkutsk Oblast
5a. Ust-Orda Buryatia^#
6. Khakassia^*
7. Kemerovo Oblast
8. Krasnoyarsk Krai
8a. Evenkia^#
8b. Taymyria^#
9. Novosibirsk Oblast
10. Omsk Oblast
11. Tomsk Oblast
12. Tuva^*

Largest cities

Novosibirsk 1,405,569 (2005 population)
Omsk 1,142,773
Krasnojarsk 917,195
Barnaul 631,221
Irkutsk 582,547
Novokuznetsk 563,257
Kemerovo 522,641
Tomsk 487,357
Ulan-Ude 352,623
Chita 308,492
Bratsk 256,552

External links

http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/sfo.html
[Images of the Siberian Federal District]

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