Southern Federal District
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This article is about the political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Southern Russia.
This article is about the North Caucasian Federal District created in 2000 and renamed. For the district created in 2010, see North Caucasian Federal District.
The Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг, tr. Yuzhnyy federal'nyy okrug, IPA: [ˈjuʐnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Southern Russia. The Southern Federal District shares borders with Ukraine, the Azov Sea, and the Black Sea in the west, and Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea in the east.[5]
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Southern Federal District
Южный федеральный округ | |
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Coordinates: 47°14′N 39°43′E | |
Country | Russia |
Established | 18 May 2000 |
Administrative centre | Rostov-on-Don |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Vladimir Ustinov |
Area | |
• Total | 447,900 km2 (172,900 sq mi) |
• Rank | 7th |
Population | |
• Total | 16,319,253[2] |
• Rank | 4th |
• Density | 33.1/km2 (86/sq mi) |
• Urban | 62.4%[2] |
• Rural | 37.6%[2] |
GDP | |
• Total | ₽7.952 trillion US$108 billion (2021) |
• Per capita | ₽483,150 US$6,555 (2021) |
Federal constituent entity | 6 contained |
Economic regions | 1 contained |
HDI (2021) | 0.799[4] high · 6th |
Website | ufo |
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