The Central Federal District ( rus, Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, r=Tsentralny federalny okrug, p=tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of

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. 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 , and recorded a population of 38,427,537 (81.3% urban) in the 2010 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is

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Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth

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and eighteen

federal subjects The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 38 427 539 people. Russians - 34 240 603 (89.10%) Ukrainians - 514 919 (1.34%) Armenians - 270,996 (0.71%) Tatars - 265 913 (0.69%) Azerbaijanis - 132 312 (0.34%) Belarusians - 128 742 (0.34%) Uzbeks - 90 652 (0.24%) Jews - 69,409 (0.18%) Moldovans - 65 645 (0.17%) Georgians - 63 612 (0.17%) Tajiks - 62,785 (0.16%) Mordva - 51 826 (0.13%) Roma - 49,535 (0.13%) Chuvash - 40,157 (0.10%) Kyrgyz - 29,269 (0.08%) Chechens - 25,734 (0.07%) Germans - 25,219 (0.07%) Koreans - 21,779 (0.06%) Ossetians - 19,203 (0.05%) Lezgins - 17 843 (0.05%) Kazakhs - 17,608 (0.05%) Turks - 15 322 (0.04%) Bashkirs - 15,249 (0.04%) Yezidis - 13 727 (0.04%) Avars - 12,887 (0.03%) Dargins - 10,095 (0.03%) Persons who did not indicate nationality - 1,944,531 people. (5.06%) Persons of other nationalities - 2,260,631 people. (5.88%)

Economy

, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion(

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407 billion) and around €10,000 per capita.

References

External links

Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia
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