124 region - the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Short review

So, when visiting various cities of the country, many tourists are interested in: "124 region is where?" This code is the number of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A lot of people from foreign countries come here, and the Russians themselves are not averse to visiting such a large city, where the population exceeded one million.

General information

Eastern and Central Siberia is famous for the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which is one of the largest economic, industrial, cultural centers throughout Russia. 124 region, which is the Krasnoyarsk Territory, receives a silver medal relative to the occupied area: this subject of the Russian Federation is in second place in its size.

The center of the region, i.e., Krasnoyarsk, is located on the two banks of the Yenisei River, where the West Siberian Plain and the Central Siberian Plateau are docked.

The city is a big knot of all traffic. Here are well-developed industries such as: space industry, hydropower, non-ferrous metallurgy.

The level of education in the province is also "at its height". Only in the Siberian Federal University more than 40 thousand students study, and if we take into account the entire region, then the number of students will exceed 150 thousand. The presence of 29 higher educational establishments, branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the regional innovation and technological incubator make the region an important educational center of the country.

Population

Even in the days of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that Krasnoyarsk would become a city of a million. Today this statement has proved itself. Over 1.2 million people live on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk agglomeration.

According to the 2010 census, people of the following nationalities live in the Krasnoyarsk Territory:

• Russians - 92.96%;
• Ukrainians - 1.02%;
• Tatars - 1.01%.

Of course, people of other nationalities also live, but their percentage ratio does not exceed 1%.

Administrative-territorial division

124 the region, in particular Krasnoyarsk, is divided into 7 districts:

1. Railway.
2. Kirovsky.
3. October.
4. Sverdlovsky.
5. Leninist.
6. Soviet.
7. Central.

Many are interested in the question of which region 124. Not all Russians can give an answer. 124 - the region of Krasnoyarsk. This region borders on the Tyva, Khakassia, Kemerovo and Tomsk regions, KhMAO, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

The Krasnoyarsk Territory is divided into 581 municipalities:

• 484 rural settlements;
• 35 urban settlements;
• 17 city districts;
• 44 municipal districts.

The main cities of the region can be called:

• Krasnoyarsk;
• Yeniseisk;
• Divnogorsk;
• Achinsk;
• Lesosibirsk;
• Ilanskiy;
• Borodino;
• Nazarovo;
• Zheleznogorsk and others.

Industry

124 the region is the most secured area of Russia for minerals. This is what attracts a lot of investments. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory there are more than 6 thousand deposits of minerals. All natural resources can be divided into chemical, fuel, metallurgical. It is in 124 regions that over 70% of the country's coal reserves are located. Copper-nickel ores, Iceland spar, platinum are also mined here. The Krasnoyarsk Territory is one of the leaders in gold mining in Russia. Also on the territory of the city and in the nearby regions are deposits of magnetites, molybdenum, apatite, lead, nepheline, copper, antimony, graphite, talc, titanium-magnesium ores, etc.

The following industries are well developed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory:

• transport;
• Machine building and metalworking;
• Production of building materials;
• building;
• Power engineering;
• Mining industry;
• Pharmaceuticals;
• chemical industry;
• Woodworking;
• Food industry;
• finance;
• wholesale and retail trade;
• light industry.

Krasnoyarsk is also famous for the fact that famous people lived and worked there: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Nina Nikiforova, Pyotr Slovtsov, Elena Akhmylovskaya and many others. Therefore, it is worth to visit the Krasnoyarsk Territory and taste the historical spirit, which "inspired" such famous people.