Central Federal District
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For other uses, see Central Russia (disambiguation).
| Central Federal District Центральный федеральный округ |
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| — Federal District of Russia — | |
| Country | |
| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| Administrative Centre | Moscow |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Oleg Govorun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 652,800 km2 (252,047.5 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 6th |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 38,438,600 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 58.9/km2 (152.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.3% |
| • Rural | 18.7% |
| Federal subjects | 18 contained |
| Economic regions | 2 contained |
| Website | www.oscfo.ru |
The Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, Tsentralny federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" is of political and historical meaning; geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of Russia. The district spans an area of 652,800 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), with a population of 38,438,600 (81.3% urban) according to the 2010 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Oleg Govorun
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The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:
| # | Flag | Federal subject | Administrative center |
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| 1 | Belgorod Oblast | Belgorod | |
| 2 | Bryansk Oblast | Bryansk | |
| 3 | Vladimir Oblast | Vladimir | |
| 4 | Voronezh Oblast | Voronezh | |
| 5 | Ivanovo Oblast | Ivanovo | |
| 6 | Kaluga Oblast | Kaluga | |
| 7 | Kostroma Oblast | Kostroma | |
| 8 | Kursk Oblast | Kursk | |
| 9 | Lipetsk Oblast | Lipetsk | |
| 10 | Moscow | ||
| 11 | Moscow Oblast | none | |
| 12 | Oryol Oblast | Oryol | |
| 13 | Ryazan Oblast | Ryazan | |
| 14 | Smolensk Oblast | Smolensk | |
| 15 | Tambov Oblast | Tambov | |
| 16 | Tver Oblast | Tver | |
| 17 | Tula Oblast | Tula | |
| 18 | Yaroslavl Oblast | Yaroslavl | |
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