Northwestern Federal District

Northwestern Federal District Северо-Западный федеральный округ
—  Federal District of Russia  —
Location of the Northwestern Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	May 18, 2000
Administrative Centre	Saint Petersburg
Government
– Presidential Envoy	Nikolay Vinnichenko
Area
– Total	1,677,900 km2 (647,840.8 sq mi)
Area rank	4th
Population (2002)
– Total	13,583,800
– Rank	4th
– Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Federal subjects	11 contained
Economic regions	3 contained
Website	www.szfo.ru

Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг, Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,583,800 (83.5% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of 1,677,900 square kilometers (647,800 sq mi). The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Nikolay Vinnichenko.

Demographics

Federal subjects

#	Flag	Federal subject	Capital/Administrative center
1		Arkhangelsk Oblast	Arkhangelsk
2		Vologda Oblast	Vologda
3		Kaliningrad Oblast	Kaliningrad
4		Republic of Karelia	Petrozavodsk
5		Komi Republic	Syktyvkar
6		Leningrad Oblast	none
7		Murmansk Oblast	Murmansk
8		Nenets Autonomous Okrug	Naryan-Mar
9		Novgorod Oblast	Veliky Novgorod
10		Pskov Oblast	Pskov
11		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 – Present)

References

External links

• (Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District