Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg

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Tsentralny District
Центральный район (Russian)

Tsentralny District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 59°56′12″N 30°21′39″E / 59.93667°N 30.36083°E / 59.93667; 30.36083Coordinates: 59°56′12″N 30°21′39″E / 59.93667°N 30.36083°E / 59.93667; 30.36083
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject federal city of St. Petersburg[1]
Statistics
Area 17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi)[2]
Population (2010 Census) 214,625 inhabitants[3]
Density 12,536.51/km2 (32,469.4/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Established March 11, 1994[6]
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Tsentralny District (Russian: Центра́льный райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625;[3] down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.[7]

Geography

The district borders the Neva River in the north and in the east, Obvodny Canal in the south, and areas around the Gorokhovaya Street in the west.

History

The district was established on March 11, 1994 as a result of the merger of Dzerzhinsky, Kuybyshevsky, and Smolninsky Districts.[6]

Municipal divisions

Tsentralny District comprises the following six municipal okrugs:[1]

Economy

Head office of the Rossiya airline is located in Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug of the district.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #411-68
  2. Official website of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Tsentralny District (Russian)
  3. 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.
  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 Directive #196-r
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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