Members
The Northern Forum is a membership-based international organization.
Currently, the Northern Forum has 12 member regions: Jewish AutonomousOkrug, Kamchatka Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, MagadanOblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), KhabarovskKrai, Khanty-Mansyisk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, State of Alaska (USA), Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea), as well as9 business partners from the Russian Federation, Iceland, Norway, USA, and Japan.
Chairing region: Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Russia.
Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America. The Canadian administrative divisions of British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east, its most extreme western part is Attu Island, and it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas–the southern parts of the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. It is the largest state in the United States by area.
Chukotka autonomous okrug is a federal subject of Russia located in the Far East, bordering with the United States by sea in the east, part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Anadyr is the capital city of the region.
The population of Chukotka is about 50,000 (2015), the area - 721,481 sq. km.
Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbor Kangwŏn formed a single province.
Jewish Autonomous Region, autonomous oblast (region), far eastern Russia, in the basin of the middle Amur River. Birobidzhan is the administrative centre. Area 13,900 square miles (36,000 square km). Pop. (2008 est.) 185,535.
Kamchatka krai is a federal subject of Russia located in the Far East of the country, in the Far Eastern Federal District. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the capital city of the region.
The population of Kamchatka krai is about 316,000 (2015), the area - 464,275 sq. km.
Khabarovsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia located in the center of the Russian Far East, part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Khabarovsk is the capital city of the region.
The population of Khabarovsk Krai is about 1,299,000 (2022), the area - 787,633 sq. km.
Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug – Ugra is a federal subject of Russia, part of the Urals Federal District. Khanty-Mansiysk is the capital city of the region.
The population of the Khanty-Mansi region is about 1,626,000 (2015), the area - 534,801 sq. km.
Krasnoyarsk krai is a federal subject of Russia located in Central and Eastern Siberia, part of the Siberian Federal District. Krasnoyarsk is the capital city of the region.
The population of Krasnoyarsk krai is about 2,366,000 (2015), the area - 2,366,797 sq. km.
Magadan Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
Nenets autonomous okrug is a federal subject of Russia, part of the North-West Federal District. According to the Statute of the Arkhangelsk region, it is also part of the Arkhangelsk region. Naryan-Mar is the capital city of Nenetsia.
The population of Nenets autonomous okrug is about 44,000 (2015), the area 176,810 sq. km.
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) is the largest federal subject of Russia located in the north-eastern part of Siberia, in the Far Eastern Federal District. Yakutsk is the capital city of the region.
The population of Yakutia is about 962,000 (2015), the area - 3,083,523 sq. km.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal subject of Russia, part of the Tyumen region and the Ural Federal District. Salekhard is the capital of the region.
The population of Yamalo-Nenets Okrug is about 536,000 (2015), the area - 769,250 sq. km.