Evenkiysky District


Evenkiysky District, or Evenkia, is an administrative and municipal district, one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Before January 1, 2007, it was split into three different districts - Baykitsky, Ilimpiyskiy and Tungussko-Chunsky - as the Evenk Autonomous Okrug—a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Kezhemsky, Boguchansky, Motyginsky, and Severo-Yeniseysky Districts in the south, and with Turukhansky District in the west. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Tura. Population: The population of Tura accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.

Geography

The southeastern coast of Lake Vivi is a geographical center of Russia.

History

The district was founded on December 4, 2006.
On 15 March 2019 there was a meteorite that made headlines, called the New Tunguska meteorite. A piece was recovered from the bottom of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River near the village of Uchami in the Krasnoyarsk region. The location is 420 kilometres from site of the large Tunguska Event of 1908.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Pyotr I. Suvorov.

Demographics

Vital statistics

Average population Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate Crude death rate Natural change
2007173042337118.113.94.2
2008172902405017.414.43.0
2009163052436218.514.73.8
2010162962138318.113.05.1

Ethnic groups

Of the 17,697 residents, 2 chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 67 ethnic groups, including ethnic Russians, Evenks, Yakuts, Ukrainians, Kets, 162 Tatars, 152 Khakas and 127 Volga Germans.