| Central Federal District Центральный федеральный округ |
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| — Federal District of Russia — | |
| Country | |
| Established | May 18, 2000 |
| Administrative Centre | Moscow |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Oleg Govorun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 652,800 km2 (252,047.5 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 6th |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 38,438,600 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 58.9/km2 (152.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.3% |
| • Rural | 18.7% |
| Federal subjects | 18 contained |
| Economic regions | 2 contained |
| Website | www.oscfo.ru |
The Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, Tsentralny federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" is of political and historical meaning; geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of Russia. The district spans an area of 652,800 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), with a population of 38,438,600 (81.3% urban) according to the 2010 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Oleg Govorun
Demographics
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:
| # | Flag | Federal subject | Administrative center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgorod Oblast | Belgorod | |
| 2 | Bryansk Oblast | Bryansk | |
| 3 | Vladimir Oblast | Vladimir | |
| 4 | Voronezh Oblast | Voronezh | |
| 5 | Ivanovo Oblast | Ivanovo | |
| 6 | Kaluga Oblast | Kaluga | |
| 7 | Kostroma Oblast | Kostroma | |
| 8 | Kursk Oblast | Kursk | |
| 9 | Lipetsk Oblast | Lipetsk | |
| 10 | Moscow | ||
| 11 | Moscow Oblast | none | |
| 12 | Oryol Oblast | Oryol | |
| 13 | Ryazan Oblast | Ryazan | |
| 14 | Smolensk Oblast | Smolensk | |
| 15 | Tambov Oblast | Tambov | |
| 16 | Tver Oblast | Tver | |
| 17 | Tula Oblast | Tula | |
| 18 | Yaroslavl Oblast | Yaroslavl | |
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