Koryak Okrug

Koryak Okrug (Russian: Коря́кский о́круг, romanized: Koryakskiy okrug; Koryak: Чав’чываокруг, Cav’cәvaokrug), or Koryakia (Russian: Корякия, romanized: Koryakiya), was an administrative division with a special status within Kamchatka Krai, Russia.^[1] It was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Kamchatka Oblast) from 1931^[2] until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast. Prior to the merger, it was called Koryak Autonomous Okrug (Коря́кский автоно́мный о́круг). Its administrative center was the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Palana. Population: 18,759 (2010 Census);^[3] 25,157 (2002 Census);^[4] 39,363 (1989 Soviet census).^[5]

Koryak Okrug Коря́кский о́круг
Former Okrug of Russia
1931–2007
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Koryakia district within Modern Russia.
Capital	Palana
History
• Established	1931
• Disestablished	1 July 2007
Preceded by Succeeded by Far Eastern Krai Kamchatka Krai
Today part of	Russia ∟ Kamchatka Krai

Demographics

As of the 2002 census, Koryaks constituted about a quarter of the population. At the time, it had the smallest population of all the federal subjects, despite being ranked seventeenth in size, at 301,500 square kilometers (116,400 sq mi), encompassing part of the northern half of Kamchatka Peninsula.

Koryaks depicted on a 1933 "Peoples of the Soviet Union" stamp

Vital statistics

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1970	31	683	356	327	22.0	11.5	10.5
1975	33	706	374	332	21.4	11.3	10.1
1980	35	701	351	350	20.0	10.0	10.0
1985	37	793	289	504	21.4	7.8	13.6
1990	38	635	342	293	16.9	9.1	7.8
1991	38	623	350	273	16.6	9.3	7.3
1992	37	611	369	242	16.7	10.1	6.6
1993	34	459	433	26	13.3	12.6	0.8
1994	32	433	460	- 27	13.5	14.3	-0.8
1995	31	382	481	- 99	12.5	15.8	-3.2
1996	29	374	436	- 62	12.7	14.8	-2.1
1997	29	373	400	- 27	13.0	13.9	-0.9
1998	28	396	355	41	14.2	12.7	1.5
1999	27	319	397	- 78	11.8	14.7	-2.9
2000	26	289	391	- 102	11.0	14.9	-3.9
2001	26	298	390	- 92	11.6	15.1	-3.6
2002	25	310	376	- 66	12.3	14.9	-2.6
2003	24	268	462	- 194	11.0	19.0	-8.0
2004	24	339	463	- 124	14.4	19.7	-5.3
2005	23	294	466	- 172	12.9	20.5	-7.6
2006	22	270	366	- 96	12.3	16.7	-4.4
2007	21	280	351	- 71	13.2	16.5	-3.3
2008	20	267	368	- 101	13.0	18.0	-4.9
2009	20	268	365	- 97	13.6	18.5	-4.9
2010	19	233	397	- 164	12.3	20.9	-8.7

Ethnic groups

About 50.5% of the total population is indigenous, the Koryaks being the largest such group. They are, however, outnumbered by the ethnic Russians.

Ethnic group	1939 Census		1959 Census		1970 Census		1979 Census		1989 Census		2002 Census		2010 Census		2021 Census
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Koryaks	6,855	27.2%	5,010	18.2%	5,893	19.1%	5,660	16.2%	6,572	16.5%	6,710	26.7%	5,676	30.3%	5,215	33.4%
Chukchis	1,267	5.0%	1,062	3.9%	1,164	3.8%	1,222	3.5%	1,460	3.7%	1,412	5.6%	1,327	7.1%	1,022	6.6%
Itelmens	801	3.2%	900	3.3%	970	3.1%	1,002	2.9%	1,179	3.0%	1,181	4.7%	948	5.1%	878	5.6%
Evens	714	2.8%	520	1.9%	613	2.0%	476	1.4%	713	1.8%	751	3.0%	743	4.0%	573	3.7%
Russians	13,794	54.8%	16,674	60.6%	19,522	63.1%	22,493	64.5%	24,773	62.0%	12,719	50.6%	8,669	46.2%	6,728	43.1%
Ukrainians	847	3.4%	1,310	4.8%	1,186	3.8%	1,999	5.7%	2,896	7.3%	1,029	4.1%	474	2.5%	209	1.3%
Others	882	3.5%	2,049	7.4%	1,569	5.1%	1,999	5.7%	2,347	5.9%	1,355	5.4%			976	6.3%
Total	25,160		27,525		30,917		34,850		39,940		25,157		18,759		15,601

Districts

• Karaginsky District
• Olyutorsky District
• Penzhinsky District
• Tigilsky District

Map of Koryakia

See also

• Machevna Bay