Northwestern Federal District
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Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E
This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Northwest Russia.
| Northwestern Federal District Северо-Западный федеральный округ |
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| Federal District of Russia | |
Location of the Northwestern Federal District |
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| Country | |
| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| Administrative center | St. Petersburg |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Vladimir Bulavin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,677,900 km2 (647,800 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 4th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 13,616,057 |
| • Rank | 5th |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Federal subjects | 11 contained |
| Economic regions | 3 contained |
| Website | www |
Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг, Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug [ˈsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the nine federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,616,057 (83.5% urban) according to the 2010 Census,[1] living on an area of 1,677,900 square kilometers (647,800 sq mi). The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Vladimir Bulavin.
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Demographics[edit]
Federal subjects[edit]
The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[2]
| # | Flag | Federal subject | Capital/Administrative center |
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| 1 | Arkhangelsk Oblast | Arkhangelsk | |
| 2 | Vologda Oblast | Vologda | |
| 3 | Kaliningrad Oblast | Kaliningrad | |
| 4 | Republic of Karelia | Petrozavodsk | |
| 5 | Komi Republic | Syktyvkar | |
| 6 | Leningrad Oblast | none | |
| 7 | Murmansk Oblast | Murmansk | |
| 8 | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Naryan-Mar | |
| 9 | Novgorod Oblast | Veliky Novgorod | |
| 10 | Pskov Oblast | Pskov | |
| 11 | Saint Petersburg | ||
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys[edit]
- Viktor Cherkesov (May 18, 2000 – March 11, 2003)
- Valentina Matviyenko (March 11, 2003 – October 15, 2003)
- Ilya Klebanov (November 1, 2003 – Present)
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Северо-Западный федеральный округ [Northwestern Federal District] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Northwestern Federal District. Retrieved March 2015.
External links[edit]
- (Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District
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