Northwestern Federal District
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 | |
|---|---|
| Federal District of Russia | |
 Location of the Northwestern Federal District | |
| Country |
 Russia |
| 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 |
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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.
Demographics
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[2]
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|---|---|---|---|
| # | Flag | Federal subject | Capital/Administrative center |
| 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
- Viktor Cherkesov (May 18, 2000 – March 11, 2003)
- Valentina Matviyenko (March 11, 2003 – October 15, 2003)
- Ilya Klebanov (November 1, 2003 – Present)
References
- ↑ 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
- (Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District
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