Evenki Autonomous Area
Evenki Autonomous Area ĕvyĕn´kē [key], former administrative division (1992 pop. 25,100), 287,645 sq mi (745,000 sq km), N central Siberian Russia, in the Central Siberian Uplands. It became a national area in 1930 and an autonomous area in 1977, but was merged into Krasnoyarsk Territory, of which it forms the entire central section, in 2007. The village of Tura was the capital. Russians, Evenki, and Yakuts made up the bulk of the autonomous area's population, which was of a very low density. Some inhabitants have sought to restore the autonomous area because of the remoteness of the area from the territory's capital.
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