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 | |
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Federal District of Russia | |
Location of the Northwestern Federal District | |
Country | Russia |
Established | May 18, 2000 |
Administrative center | St. Petersburg |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Nikolay Tsukanov |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 1,687,000 km2 (651,000 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 eight 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,[2] living in an area of 1,687,000 square kilometers (651,000 sq mi).[1] 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:[3]
# | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2[1] | Population (2010) | Capital/Administrative center |
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1 | Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900[lower-alpha 1] | 1,336,539 | Arkhangelsk | |
2 | Vologda Oblast | 144,500 | 1,269,568 | Vologda | |
3 | Kaliningrad Oblast | 15,100 | 955,281 | Kaliningrad | |
4 | Republic of Karelia | 180,500 | 716,281 | Petrozavodsk | |
5 | Komi Republic | 416,800 | 1,018,674 | Syktyvkar | |
6 | Leningrad Oblast | 83,900 | 1,669,205 | none | |
7 | Murmansk Oblast | 144,900 | 892,534 | Murmansk | |
8 | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 176,800 | 41,546 | Naryan-Mar | |
9 | Novgorod Oblast | 54,500 | 694,355 | Veliky Novgorod | |
10 | Pskov Oblast | 55,400 | 760,810 | Pskov | |
11 | Saint Petersburg | 1,400 | 4,662,547 | 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 – September 6, 2011)
- Nikolay Vinnichenko (September 6, 2011 - March 11, 2014)
- Vladimir Bulavin (March 11, 2014 - July 28, 2016)[4]
- Nikolay Tsukanov (July 28, 2016 - present)[5]
Notes
- ↑ Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).
References
- 1 2 3 "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ 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. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Путин сменил полпреда Северо-Западного округа: вместо Винниченко назначен Булавин (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ↑ "Владимир Путин назначил калининградского губернатора Николая Цуканова полпредом в Северо-Западном федеральном округе" (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
External links
- (Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District
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