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Krasnoyarsk Krai
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<p>Krasnoyarsk Krai is a <a href="/facts/Federal_subjects_of_Russia/f2oIKgbo">federal subject</a> (a <a href="/facts/Krai/zUR23DhT">krai</a>) of <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> located in <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a>. Its <a href="/facts/Administrative_center/jyz1zfzk">administrative center</a> is the <a href="/facts/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia/jsrpqXhI">city</a> of <a href="/facts/Krasnoyarsk/DSzUhMVH">Krasnoyarsk</a>, the second-largest city in <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a> after <a href="/facts/Novosibirsk/8UImC3vI">Novosibirsk</a>. Comprising half of the <a href="/facts/Siberian_Federal_District/r4djqKxv">Siberian Federal District</a>, Krasnoyarsk Krai is the largest krai in Russia, the <a href="/facts/List_of_subdivisions_of_Russia_by_area/f2oIKgbo">second-largest federal subject</a> in the country after neighboring <a href="/facts/Sakha_Republic/vlM5gM10">Sakha</a>, and the <a href="/facts/List_of_the_largest_country_subdivisions_by_area/F2p4BCtW">third-largest country subdivision by area</a> in the world. The krai covers an area of 2,366,797 square kilometers (913,825 sq mi), constituting roughly 13% of Russia's total area. Krasnoyarsk Krai has a population of 2,856,971 as of the <a href="/facts/2021_Russian_census/qzWKtDRl">2021 census</a>. </p>