So, visiting various cities of the country, many tourists are interested in: “124 region - where is this?” The indicated code is the number of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Many people from foreign countries come here, and the Russians themselves are not averse to visiting such a large city, where the population has exceeded 1 million.
General information
Eastern and Central Siberia is famous for the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which is one of the largest economic, industrial, cultural centers of all of Russia. The 124th 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 terms of size.
The center of the region, i.e., Krasnoyarsk, is located on two banks of the Yenisei River, where the West Siberian Plain and the Central Siberian Plateau dock.
The city is a large hub of all transport movement. Here, industries such as the space industry, hydropower, and non-ferrous metallurgy are well developed.
The level of education in the region is also “on top”. More than 40 thousand students are studying at the Siberian Federal University alone, and if you take into account the whole region, then the number of students will exceed 150 thousand. The presence of 29 higher educational institutions, a branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a regional innovation and technology incubator make 124 the region an important educational center of the country.
Population
Back in the days of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that Krasnoyarsk would become a millionaire city. Today this statement has paid off. More than 1.2 million people live in 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 live, but their percentage does not exceed 1%.
Administrative division
124 region, in particular Krasnoyarsk, is divided into 7 regions:
- Railway.
- Kirovsky.
- October.
- Sverdlovsk.
- Leninist.
- Soviet.
- Central.
Many are interested in the question of which region is 124. Not all Russians can give an answer. 124 - the region of Krasnoyarsk. This region borders on Tyva, Khakassia, Kemerovo and Tomsk regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Krasnoyarsk Territory is divided into 581 municipalities:
- 484 rural settlements;
- 35 urban settlements;
- 17 urban districts;
- 44 municipal districts.
The main cities of the region are:
- Krasnoyarsk;
- Yeniseisk;
- Divnogorsk;
- Achinsk;
- Lesosibirsk;
- Ilan
- Borodino
- Nazarovo;
- Zheleznogorsk and others
Industry
The 124th region is the most prosperous region of Russia with respect to minerals. This is what attracts a lot of investment. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, there are over 6 thousand mineral deposits. 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. Also, copper-nickel ores, Icelandic spar, and platinum are mined here. Krasnoyarsk Territory is one of the leaders in gold mining in Russia. Also, deposits of magnetites, molybdenum, apatite, lead, nepheline, copper, antimony, graphite, talc, titanium-magnesium ores, etc. are located on the territory of the city and in the surrounding areas.
The following industries are well developed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory:
- transport;
- mechanical engineering and metalworking;
- production of building materials;
- construction;
- 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 here: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Nina Nikiforova, Peter Slovtsov, Elena Akhmylovskaya and many others. Therefore, you should definitely visit the Krasnoyarsk Territory and taste the historical spirit that such famous people “inspired”.