- Koryak Okrug
Koryak Okrug ( _ru. Коря́кский о́круг, "Koryaksky okrug"; Koryak: Чав’чываокруг), or Koryakia, is an administrative division of
Kamchatka Krai ,Russia . [http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=61449;div=LAW;ref=s _ru. Федеральный конституционный закон №2-ФКЗ от 12 июля 2006 года "Об образовании в составе Российской Федерации нового субъекта Российской Федерации в результате объединения Камчатской области и Корякского автономного округа"] . Статья 5. (Federal Constitutional Law #2-FKZ ofJuly 12 ,2006 "On Creation of a New Federal Subject Within the Russian Federation as a Result of the Merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous Okrug". Article 5) ru icon] It was a federal subject ofRussia (anautonomous okrug ofKamchatka Oblast ) from 1931 [Chaussonnet, p.29] untilJuly 1 ,2007 , when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast. Prior to the merger, it was called Koryak Autonomous Okrug ( _ru. Коря́кский автоно́мный о́круг).With a population of 25,157 (2002 Census), about a quarter of them
Koryaks , it had the smallest population of all Russian federal subjects, despite being ranked 17th in size, at 301,500 km², encompassing part of the northern half ofKamchatka Peninsula .The
urban-type settlement ofPalana was the administrative center of KoryakiaAdministrative divisions
Demographics
"Population":
The population was 25,157 according to the 2002 Census and was estimated to be 23,800 in 2005."Vital statistics" (2005):
*Births: 294 (birth rate 12.5)
*Deaths: 466 (death rate 19.8)"Ethnic groups":
About 40% of the total population is indigenous, the 6,710Koryaks being the largest such group. They are, however, outnumbered by the 12,719 ethnicRussians . According to the 2002 Census the ‘national composition’ was • Russian 50.56% • Koryak 26.67% • Chukchi 5.61% • Itelmen 4.69% • Ukrainian 4.09% • Even 2.99% • Tatar 0.86% •Belarusians 0.56% •Kamchadal 0.53% • and a few other groups of less than one hundred persons each. In addition 0.76% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire. [cite paper|url=http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls |title=National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation |accessdate=2006-07-20 |format=XLS |publisher=2002 Russian All-Population Census |date=2002]Historical figures are shown below:
2006 earthquake
On
April 20 ,2006 , Russia'sKamchatka Peninsula was struck by a majorearthquake . The 7.7-magnitude tremblor had its epicenter near the village ofTilichiki . The Koryakia branch of theRussian Office of Emergency Situations said some area residents were injured but there were no fatalities.The quake occurred at about noon local time Friday, so residents were awake and not caught in their beds.
The
United States Geological Survey reported a series of at least fifty smaller aftershocks in the area and immediately offshore. They ranged from 4.1 to 6.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale.Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist with the U.S.G.S. in
Colorado , said the quake was relatively shallow. He estimated that about 2,000 people live close enough to the epicenter to have felt its full force.Footnotes
References
*Chaussonnet, Valerie (1995) "Native Cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Arctic Studies Center". Washington, D.C. 112p. ISBN 1560986611
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