Southern Federal District
Southern Federal District
Южный федеральный округ | |
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Map showing location of Russia's Southern Federal District, in southwestern Russia. (Crimea, whose annexation by Russia from Ukraine is mostly unrecognized internationally, is shown in orange.) | |
| Coordinates: 47°N 42°E / 47°N 42°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Established | 13 May 2000 |
| Administrative centre | Rostov-on-Don |
| Largest city | Krasnodar |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Vladimir Ustinov |
| Area | |
• Total | 447,821 km2 (172,905 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,319,253 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Urban | 62.4% |
| • Rural | 37.6% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₽ 9.816 trillion US$ 140 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | ₽ 588,461 US$ 8,419 (2022) |
| Federal constituent entity | 6 contained |
| Economic regions | 1 contained |
| HDI (2022) | 0.764 high · 7th |
| Website | ufo |
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Southern Federal District in Russia
The Southern Federal District (Russian: Южный федеральный округ, 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.