East Siberian Economic Region

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East Siberian Economic Region
Восто́чно-Сиби́рский экономи́ческий райо́н
5,386 billion
US$
73.250 billion

The East Siberian Economic Region (Russian: Восто́чно-Сиби́рский экономи́ческий райо́н, romanizedVostochno-Sibirskiy ekonomicheskiy rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.

In this area of plateaus, mountains, and river basins, the major cities—

aluminum ore, zinc, and lead are mined in the area, and livestock is raised. [2]

Composition

Federal subject Federal district
Irkutsk Oblast Siberian Federal District
Republic of Khakassia Siberian Federal District
Krasnoyarsk Krai Siberian Federal District
Tuva Republic Siberian Federal District

Socio-economic indicators

The East Siberian economic region accounted for 4 per cent of the national GRP in 2008. This sparsely populated region between Europe and Asia has high wage levels and also a relatively large portion of employees in the new private sector. Productivity is also high by Russian standards.

It ranks especially low in the migration of people into the region and population change, and in the expectation of life to improve and evaluation of the national economy.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
  2. ^ Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
  3. ^ East Siberia Archived 2007-01-22 at the Wayback Machine