Central Federal District

Central Federal District Центральный федеральный округ
Federal District of Russia
Country	Russia
Established	18 May 2000
Administrative Centre	Moscow
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Igor Shchyogolev
Area [1]
• Total	650,200 km2 (251,000 sq mi)
Area rank	6th
Population  (2010 Census[2])
• Total	38,427,539
• Rank	1st
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	81.3%
• Rural	18.7%
Federal subjects	18 contained
Economic regions	2 contained
HDI (2019)	0.847[3] very high · 1st
Website	cfo.gov.ru

The Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, tr. Tsentralny federalny okrug, IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" has a political and historical meaning, being the core of the Russian state and its predecessor, the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. 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 covers an area of 650,200 square kilometers (251,000 sq mi),^[1] and recorded a population of 38,427,537 (81.3% urban) in the 2010 Census.^[2] The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

Lake Visha, Central Federal District

Demographics[]

Federal subjects[]

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

#	Flag	Federal subject	Area in km2[1]	Population	Administrative center
1		Belgorod Oblast	27,100	1,511,620	Belgorod
2		Bryansk Oblast	34,900	1,378,941	Bryansk
3		Vladimir Oblast	29,100	1,523,990	Vladimir
4		Voronezh Oblast	52,200	2,378,803	Voronezh
5		Ivanovo Oblast	21,400	1,148,329	Ivanovo
6		Kaluga Oblast	29,800	1,041,641	Kaluga
7		Kostroma Oblast	60,200	736,641	Kostroma
8		Kursk Oblast	30,000	1,235,091	Kursk
9		Lipetsk Oblast	24,000	1,213,499	Lipetsk
10		Moscow	2,600	10,382,754	Moscow
11		Moscow Oblast	44,300	6,618,538	None; most public authorities located in Moscow, subject administration located in Krasnogorsk
12		Oryol Oblast	24,700	860,262	Oryol
13		Ryazan Oblast	39,600	1,227,910	Ryazan
14		Smolensk Oblast	49,800	1,049,574	Smolensk
15		Tambov Oblast	34,500	1,178,443	Tambov
16		Tver Oblast	84,200	1,471,459	Tver
17		Tula Oblast	25,700	1,675,758	Tula
18		Yaroslavl Oblast	36,200	1,367,398	Yaroslavl

Economy[]

As of 2018, the GDP in Central Federal District reached RUB29 trillion($400 billion)^[4][5] and $10,000 per capita.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central Federal District.

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia (in Russian)
• Baikaland at Tripod.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 20, 2007)

Coordinates: 54°31′59″N 37°37′01″E / 54.533°N 37.617°E / 54.533; 37.617