Evenkia

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Evenkia is an autonomous district of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the Russian Federation. At 767,600 km², it is Russia's seventh largest subdivision - and the country's least populous (17,697 as of 2002). In 1908 it was the site of the Tunguska event.

Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17 2005, the districts of Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into the Krasnoyarsk krai on January 1 2007.

1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
3 Demographics

Time zone

Evenkia is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).

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Administrative divisions

Districts

Evenkia Autonomous District consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

Baykitsky (Байкитский)
Ilimpiysky (Илимпийский)
Tungussko-Chunsky (Тунгусско-Чунский)

Demographics

Population (2002): 17,697

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 10,958 ethnic Russians (62%), 3,802 Evenks (21.5%), 991 Yakuts (5.6%), 550 Ukrainians (3.1%), 211 Kets (1.2%), 162 Tatars (0.91%), 152 Khakas (0.86%), 127 Volga Germans (0.72%) and so on.

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk² \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk⁴ \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm¹ \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia² \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia¹ \| Taymyria² \| Ust-Orda Buryatia⁴ \| Yamalia

1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai.

2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
3. On 23 October, 2005, a referendum was held on the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia to form Kamchatka Krai. The result was in favour, but no official date has been set yet for the merger; it is likely to occur in 2007, possibly also on 1 January.
4. A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on the merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryatia.