North Caucasian Federal District

This article is about the federal district created in 2010. For North Caucasian Federal District created in 2000, see Southern Federal District. For the administrative division of Krasnodar Krai, see Kavkazsky District.

North Caucasian Federal District Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ
—  Federal District of Russia  —
Location of the North Caucasian Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	January 19, 2010
Administrative Centre	Pyatigorsk
Government
- Presidential Envoy	Alexander Khloponin
Area
- Total	170,700 km2 (65,907.6 sq mi)
Area rank	8th
Population (2002)
- Total	9,496,800
- Rank	7th
- Density	55.6/km2 (144.1/sq mi)
Federal subjects	7 contained
Economic regions	1 contained

North Caucasian Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зский федера́льный о́круг, Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest of Russia, in the geographical area of the North Caucasus. The federal district was split from Southern Federal District on January 19, 2010.^[1]

The population of the federal subjects comprising the federal district was 9,496,800 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of 170,700 square kilometers (65,900 sq mi).^{[citation needed]}

The current Envoy is Alexander Khloponin.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic Russians constitute close to one-third of the total population at 2,988,070 (33.45%) according to the 2002 Census.

Federal subjects

The map and key are listed in Russian alphabetical order.
#	Flag	Federal subject	Capital/administrative center
1		Republic of Dagestan	Makhachkala
2		Republic of Ingushetia	Magas
3		Kabardino-Balkar Republic	Nalchik
4		Karachay-Cherkess Republic	Cherkessk
5		Republic of North Ossetia-Alania	Vladikavkaz
6		Stavropol Krai	Stavropol
7		Chechen Republic	Grozny

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

1. Alexander Khloponin (January 19, 2010–present)^[2]

Links

• SKFO.RU – regional information portal
• North Caucasian news portal

References

1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе», в ред. Указа №82 от 19 января 2010 г «О внесении изменений в перечень федеральных округов, утвержденный Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 13 мая 2000 г. N 849, и в Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12 мая 2008 г. N 724 "Вопросы системы и структуры федеральных органов исполнительной власти"». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District, as amended by the Decree #82 of January 19, 2010 On Amending the Registry of the Federal Districts Approved by the Decree #849 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 and the Decree #724 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2008 "Issues of the System and the Structure of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power". Effective as of May 13, 2000).
2. ^ ^{a b} Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №83 от 19 января 2010 г. «О Заместителе Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации и полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в Северо-Кавказском федеральном округе». (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #83 of January 19, 2010 On the Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation and on the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in North Caucasian Federal District. ).

Coordinates: 43°42′41″N 44°48′22″E / 43.7114°N 44.8061°E / 43.7114; 44.8061