Biryulyovo Zapadnoye District (russian: link=no, район Бирюлёво Западное) is a territorial division (a district, or

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) in

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, one of the 125 in the

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, Russia.Law #13-47 It is located in the south of the city and borders with Biryulyovo Vostochnoye in the east,

Moscow Ring Road The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border ...

(MKAD) in the south, Chertanovo Yuzhnoye in the west, and Chertanovo Tsentralnoye in the north-west. The area of the district is .City of Moscow Territorial Branch of the

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br>Показатели, характеризующие состояние экономики и социальной сферы муниципального образования за 2013 год. Бирюлёво Западное.
As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 85,726.

Municipal status

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Biryulyovo Zapadnoye Municipal Okrug.Law #59

Economy

Transportation

The eastern border of the district is formed by a railway, and two railway stations,

Biryulyovo-Tovarnaya Biryulyovo Tovarnaya (russian: Бирюлёво-Товарная, ''Biryulyovo Cargo Station'') is a railway station located in Biryulyovo Zapadnoye and Biryulyovo Vostochnoye Districts of Moscow, Russia. The station serves suburban traffic of P ...

and Biryulyovo-Passazhirskaya, are located in the district. They serve the

Paveletsky suburban railway line The Paveletsky suburban railway line (russian: Павелецкое направление Московской железной дороги) is one of eleven suburban railway lines used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and ...

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