The main part of the Kamchatka’s population live on the coastal areas of the peninsula. The Itelmen, the Even, the Koryaks, the Chukchis, the Aleutians compose the indigenous inhabitants of Kamchatka
The Itelmen live at the west coast of the peninsula, as the most ancient people of Kamchatka they are only about 1450, who preserved the traditional way of life and their language. Mostly this people is concentrated in Tigil region and Kovran village. Generally they deal with hunting, salmon fishing, collecting plants. In winter time they use dog sledges - the traditional means of transportation.
There are also Kamchadals (about 9000 people) descend from Russian-Itelmen marriages and have no official status of indigenous people. They live in the valley of the Kamchatka river and in the south of the peninsula (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Elizovo cities).
The Koryaks (7200 people) mostly live in the north-west – Palana village. There are nomadic and settled Koryaks. The main occupation of nomadic people is reindeer breeding and herding. Fishing and hunting for sea mammals is the main way to live for settled people. Both of them use fur-hunting a little.
The Evens (1490 people) live in the Bystrinsky Region – Esso and Anavgai villages. “Lamuty” (another name for this people) were engaged with reindeer herding, fishing and hunting. They used dogs only for hunting, not for sledding.
The Aleutians (390 people) live in the Bering Island – Nikolskoye village. The traditional occupation of this people is fishing and hunting for sea mammals, as well as collecting berries and plants.
The Chukchi (1530 people) is however native people of Chukotka, but still some of them live in the very north of the Kamchatka peninsula. They are divided onto nomadic reindeer breeders and settled hunters who exchange food between each other.