Koryak Okrug (,
Koryaksky okrug;
Koryak: ,
Chav'chyvaokrug), or
Koryakia, is an administrative division of
Kamchatka Krai,
Russia. It was a
federal subject of
Russia (an
autonomous okrug of
Kamchatka Oblast) from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast. Prior to the merger, it was called
Koryak Autonomous Okrug . Its
administrative center is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) of
Palana. Population:
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 , encompassing part of the northern half of
Kamchatka Peninsula.