Kapotnya District (russian: Капотня райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
) of
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Ю́го-Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of ...
, and one of the 125 raions of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
.
Kapotnya is best known as the site of Moscow oil refinery, one of the few remaining industrial facilities within Moscow proper (since most others were moved to less populous areas for ecological reasons). The refinery claims minimizing environmental risks as its priority.
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See also
*Administrative divisions of Moscow
The federal city of Moscow, Russia is divided into administrative districts called okrugs, which are a subdivision of state administration. The administrative okrugs are further divided into municipal formations called districts (''raions'') and ...
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