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Founded: 1930
Governor: Roman Valentinovich Kopin (appointed by the region's duma and with presidential approval on July 13, 2008)
Federation Council Members: Yefim Naumovich Malkin (legislative, term expires December 2005); Larisa Nikolaeva Ponomareva (executive, term expires December 2005)
Population: 53,600 (2002 census)
Area: 737,700 square km (284,752 sq. miles)
Capital: Anadyr (population 11,753)
Federal district: Far Eastern
Economic region: Far East
Time zone: Moscow +9, GMT +12, EST +17
Geography: Chukotka is located on the Chukotka Peninsula and adjoining mainland. The area includes Wrangel, Ratmanov, and other islands. It borders on Yakutia, Kamchatka and Magadan, and three major arctic seas: the East Siberian, Chukchi, and Bering. The area is located at the confluence of two large rivers, the Sernoi and Enmyvaam. The Anadyr River flows through the very center of the area.
Urban population: 67%, Rural population: 33%
Ethnic make-up: Almost a third of the population is made up of Chukchis, Chuvantsy, Evens and Yukaghirs
Economy: Gold mining is the peninsula's primary industry. The leading industrial sectors are the power, coal, gold-mining, food, and fishing industries. The city of Anadyr is a center of the food industry, while Uelen is a center for artistic trades. Agriculture specialities include reindeer herding, fur farming and trapping, sea mammal hunting, and greenhouse vegetable growing.
Official website: http://www.chukotka.org
Contact Information
Governor
Roman Valentinovich Kopin
20 Beringa Ulitsa
Anadyr 689000
Tel.: +7 (42722) 2 90 13; 2 90 00; 2 90 40
Fax: +7 (42722) 2 29 19
Chairman of the Regional Duma
Vasily Nikolaevich Nazarenko
29 Otke Ulitsa
Anadyr 689000
Fax: +7 (42722) 2 44 70
Tel/Fax: +7 (42722) 2 25 24
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Alexander Viktorovich Moskalenko
4 Kursovoy pereulok
Moscow 119034
Tel.: +7 (095) 502 97 30
last updated July 14, 2008
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