56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E
Volga Federal District
Приволжский федеральный округ | |
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Country | Russia |
Established | 13 May 2000[1] |
Administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Igor Komarov |
Area | |
• Total | 1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi) |
• Rank | 5th |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 29,899,699[2] |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 28.8/km2 (75/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | ₽ 19.664 trillion US$ 281 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | ₽ 683,355 US$ 9,777 (2022) |
Time zones | UTC+03:00 (Moscow Time) |
UTC+04:00 (Samara Time) | |
UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) | |
Federal subjects | 14 contained |
Economic regions | 3 contained |
HDI (2021) | 0.804[4] very high · 5th |
Website | www |
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Volga Federal District (Russian: Приволжский федеральный округ, IPA: [prʲɪˈvolʂskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. It is the second most populated federal district (after Central). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census,[2] living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000 sq mi). Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 September 2018.
The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[5]
# | Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2021) | GDP[6] | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division |
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1 | Republic of Bashkortostan | 143,600 | 4,091,423 | ₽2,000 billion | Ufa | |||
2 | Kirov Oblast | 120,800 | 1,153,680 | ₽481 billion | Kirov | |||
3 | Mari El Republic | 23,200 | 677,097 | ₽222 billion | Yoshkar-Ola | |||
4 | Republic of Mordovia | 26,200 | 783,552 | ₽298 billion | Saransk | |||
5 | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 76,900 | 3,119,115 | ₽1,888 billion | Nizhny Novgorod | |||
6 | Orenburg Oblast | 124,000 | 1,862,767 | ₽1,394 billion | Orenburg | |||
7 | Penza Oblast | 43,200 | 1,266,348 | ₽537 billion | Penza | |||
8 | Perm Krai | 160,600 | 2,532,405 | ₽1,741 billion | Perm | |||
9 | Samara Oblast | 53,600 | 3,172,925 | ₽2,123 billion | Samara | |||
10 | Saratov Oblast | 100,200 | 2,442,575 | ₽1,006 billion | Saratov | |||
11 | Republic of Tatarstan | 68,000 | 4,004,809 | ₽3,455 billion | Kazan | |||
12 | Udmurt Republic | 42,100 | 1,452,914 | ₽842 billion | Izhevsk | |||
13 | Ulyanovsk Oblast | 37,300 | 1,196,745 | ₽499 billion | Ulyanovsk | |||
14 | Chuvash Republic | 18,300 | 1,186,909 | ₽393 billion | Cheboksary |
Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 29,899,699 people.
Russians - 19,811,351 (66.26%)
Tatars - 3,999,568 (13.38%)
Bashkirs - 1,282,794 (4.29%)
Chuvash - 1,272,790 (4.26%)
Mordva - 617,050 (2.06%)
Udmurts - 497,214 (1.66%)
Mari - 473 015 (1.58%)
Ukrainians - 272 385 (0.91%)
Kazakhs - 221,047 (0.74%)
Armenians - 108,774 (0.36%)
Komi-Perm - 82 979 (0.28%)
Azerbaijanis - 80 727 (0.27%)
Belarusians - 62,560 (0.21%)
Uzbeks - 50 523 (0.17%)
Germans - 48,211 (0.16%)
Tajiks - 33 463 (0.11%)
Roma - 28,270 (0.09%)
Jews - 20 968 (0.07%)
Moldovans - 15,548 (0.05%)
Georgians - 13 534 (0.05%)
Koreans - 12,215 (0.04%)
Chechens - 11,828 (0.04%)
Lezgins - 10 636 (0.04%)
Individuals who did not indicate nationality - 771,435 (2.92%)