Volga Federal District
Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.
Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E
This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Volga Region.
| Volga Federal District Приволжский федеральный округ | |
|---|---|
| Federal district of Russia | |
 Location of Volga Federal District within Russia | |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Mikhail Babich |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,899,699[1] |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 28.8/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Federal subjects | 14 contained |
| Economic regions | 3 contained |
| Website |
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Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, Privolzhsky federalny okrug) is one of the nine federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census,[1] living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000 sq mi). Mikhail Babich was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on December 15, 2011.
Demographics
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[2]
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| # | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2010) | Capital/Administrative center |
| 1 |  |
Republic of Bashkortostan | 143,600 | 4,104,336 | Ufa |
| 2 |  |
Kirov Oblast | 120,800 | 1,503,529 | Kirov |
| 3 |  |
Mari El Republic | 23,200 | 727,979 | Yoshkar-Ola |
| 4 |  |
Republic of Mordovia | 26,200 | 888,766 | Saransk |
| 5 |  |
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 76,900 | 3,524,028 | Nizhny Novgorod |
| 6 |  |
Orenburg Oblast | 124,000 | 2,179,551 | Orenburg |
| 7 |  |
Penza Oblast | 43,200 | 1,452,941 | Penza |
| 8 |  |
Perm Krai | 160,600 | 2,819,421 | Perm |
| 9 |  |
Samara Oblast | 53,600 | 3,239,737 | Samara |
| 10 |  |
Saratov Oblast | 100,200 | 2,668,310 | Saratov |
| 11 |  |
Republic of Tatarstan | 68,000 | 3,779,265 | Kazan |
| 12 |  |
Udmurt Republic | 42,100 | 1,572,316 | Izhevsk |
| 13 |  |
Ulyanovsk Oblast | 37,300 | 1,382,811 | Ulyanovsk |
| 14 |  |
Chuvash Republic | 18,300 | 1,313,754 | Cheboksary |
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
- Sergey Kiriyenko (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
- Alexander Konovalov (November 14, 2005 – May 12, 2008)
- Grigory Rapota (May 12, 2008 – December 15, 2011)[3]
- Mikhail Babich (December 15, 2011 – present)
References
- 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.
- ↑ "Volga Federal District" (in Russian). Nizhny Novgorod: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota (Russian)
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