Northwestern Federal District

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

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 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 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 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
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 - present)[5]

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. Retrieved March 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (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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