Tsentralny District
Центральный район
District
Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Tsentralny District
Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Tsentralny District
Map
Tsentralny District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 59°56′12″N 30°21′39″E / 59.93667°N 30.36083°E / 59.93667; 30.36083
CountryRussia
Federal subjectfederal city of St. Petersburg[1]
EstablishedMarch 11, 1994[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total214,625
 • Density13,000/km2 (32,000/sq mi)
Websitehttp://gov.spb.ru/gov/terr/reg_center/

Tsentralny District (Russian: Центра́льный райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625;[4] down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.[5]

Geography

The district borders the Neva River in the north and in the east, Obvodny Canal in the south, and areas around the Gorokhovaya Street in the west.

History

The district was established on March 11, 1994 as a result of the merger of Dzerzhinsky, Kuybyshevsky, and Smolninsky Districts.[2]

Municipal divisions

Tsentralny District comprises the following six municipal okrugs:[1]

Economy

Head office of the Rossiya airline is located in Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug of the district.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Law #411-68
  2. ^ a b Directive #196-r
  3. ^ Official website of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Tsentralny District (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).

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