Northwestern Federal District

Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E / 59.950; 30.317

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 Alexander Beglov
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 szfo.gov.ru

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 Alexander Beglov.

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
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

  1. Viktor Cherkesov (May 18, 2000 – March 11, 2003)
  2. Valentina Matviyenko (March 11, 2003 – October 15, 2003)
  3. Ilya Klebanov (November 1, 2003 – September 6, 2011)
  4. Nikolay Vinnichenko (September 6, 2011 – March 11, 2014)
  5. Vladimir Bulavin (March 11, 2014 – July 28, 2016)[4]
  6. Nikolay Tsukanov (July 28, 2016 – December 25, 2017)
  7. Alexander Beglov (December 25, 2017 – present)[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ Путин сменил полпреда Северо-Западного округа: вместо Винниченко назначен Булавин (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.

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