Kamchatka Krai

Kamchatka Krai (Roushie: Камча́тский край) is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai). It wis formit on 1 Julie 2007, as a result o the merger o Kamchatka Oblast an Koryak Autonomous Okrug, efter a referendum wis held on the issue on 23 October 2005. The krai's admeenistrative center is the ceety o Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The okrug retains the status o a special admeenistrative diveesion o the krai unner the name o Koryak Okrug. Population: 322,079 (2010 Census). Admeenistrative diveesions Demographics Population: 322,079 (2010 Census); 358,801 (2002 Census); 466,096 (1989 Census). Births (2008 Jan-Nov): 3,673 (11.55 per 1000) Daiths (2008 Jan-Nov): 3,554 (11.17 per 1000) Vital statistics for 2007 Source: Births: 3,931 (11.32 per 1000, 11.36 for urban auries & 11.20 for rural auries). Daiths: 3,863 (11.13 per 1000, 10.49 for urban auries & 13.63 for rural auries). Natural Growth Rate: +0.02% per year (+0.09% for urban auries & -0.24% for rural auries). efter nearly twa decades, Kamchatka recordit a net naitural population growth instead o decline in 2007. In first hauf o 2008, housomeivver, the trend wis reversed an population decline wis observit again, pairtly due tae an increased mortality rate amang the rural population. Ethnic composition Ethnic composition (2010): Roushies - 85.9% Ukrainians - 3.9% Koryaks - 2.3 Itelmens - 0.8% Tatars - 0.8% Belaroushies - 0.7% Ithers - 5% 28,084 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group. References Notes Sources Государственная Дума Российской Федерации. Федеральный конституционный закон №2-ФКЗ от 12 июля 2006 г. «Об образовании в составе Российской Федерации нового субъекта Российской Федерации в результате объединения Камчатской области и Корякского автономного округа». (State Duma of the Russian Federation. Federal Constitutional Law #2-FKZ of July 12, 2006 On Establishing Within the Russian Federation of a New Federal Subject of the Russian Federation as a Result of the Merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous Okrug. ).