Central Federal District

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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 Bad rounding here59/km2 (Bad rounding here150/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, Tsentralny federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" has a political and historical meaning. 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),[citation needed] 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.

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Demographics [edit]

Federal subjects [edit]

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

Central Federal District
# Flag Federal subject Administrative center
1 Flag of Belgorod Oblast.svg Belgorod Oblast Belgorod
2 Flag of Bryansk Oblast.svg Bryansk Oblast Bryansk
3 Flag of Vladimirskaya Oblast.svg Vladimir Oblast Vladimir
4 Flag of Voronezh Oblast.svg Voronezh Oblast Voronezh
5 Flag of Ivanovo Oblast.png Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo
6 Flag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Kaluga Oblast Kaluga
7 Flag of Kostroma Oblast.svg Kostroma Oblast Kostroma
8 Flag of Kursk Oblast.png Kursk Oblast Kursk
9 Flag of Lipetsk Oblast.svg Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk
10 Flag of Moscow.svg Moscow
11 Flag of Moscow oblast.svg Moscow Oblast none
12 Flag of Oryol Oblast.png Oryol Oblast Oryol
13 Flag of Ryazan Oblast.png Ryazan Oblast Ryazan
14 Flag of Smolensk oblast.svg Smolensk Oblast Smolensk
15 Flag of Tambov Oblast.svg Tambov Oblast Tambov
16 Flag of Tver Oblast.svg Tver Oblast Tver
17 Flag of Tula Oblast.svg Tula Oblast Tula
18 Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast.svg Yaroslavl Oblast Yaroslavl

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. 2011. 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