Central Federal District

This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Central Russia.
Central Federal District
Центральный федеральный округ
Federal District of Russia
Country  Russia
Established May 18, 2000
administrative center Moscow
Government
 • Presidential Envoy Alexander Beglov
Area
 • Total 652,800 km2 (252,000 sq mi)
Area rank 6th
Population (2010 Census[1])
 • Total 38,427,539
 • Rank 1st
 • Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban 81.3%
 • Rural 18.7%
Federal subjects 18 contained
Economic regions 2 contained
Website cfo.gov.ru

The Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, tr. Tsentralny federalny okrug; IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the nine federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" has a political and historical meaning, being the core of the Russian state and its predecessor, the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia; although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia. The district spans an area of 652,800 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), with a population of 38,427,537 (81.3% urban) according to the 2010 Census.[1] The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Alexander Beglov.

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:

# Flag Federal subject Area in km2 Population Administrative center
1 Belgorod Oblast 27,100 1,511,620 Belgorod
2 Bryansk Oblast 34,900 1,378,941 Bryansk
3 Vladimir Oblast 29,000 1,523,990 Vladimir
4 Voronezh Oblast 52,400 2,378,803 Voronezh
5 Ivanovo Oblast 21,800 1,148,329 Ivanovo
6 Kaluga Oblast 29,900 1,041,641 Kaluga
7 Kostroma Oblast 60,100 736,641 Kostroma
8 Kursk Oblast 29,800 1,235,091 Kursk
9 Lipetsk Oblast 24,100 1,213,499 Lipetsk
10 Moscow 2,511 10,382,754 Moscow
11 Moscow Oblast 45,900 6,618,538 None, Most public authorities located in Moscow
Subject administration located in Krasnogorsk
12 Oryol Oblast 24,700 860,262 Oryol
13 Ryazan Oblast 39,600 1,227,910 Ryazan
14 Smolensk Oblast 49,800 1,049,574 Smolensk
15 Tambov Oblast 34,300 1,178,443 Tambov
16 Tver Oblast 84,100 1,471,459 Tver
17 Tula Oblast 25,700 1,675,758 Tula
18 Yaroslavl Oblast 36,400 1,367,398 Yaroslavl

References

  1. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

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Coordinates: 54°31′59″N 37°37′01″E / 54.533°N 37.617°E / 54.533; 37.617

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