Volga Federal District
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Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.
This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Volga Region.
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Volga Federal District
Приволжский федеральный округ | |
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Country | Russia |
Established | 18 May 2000 |
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[1] |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 28.8/km2 (75/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | ₽16.878 trillion US$229 billion (2021) |
• Per capita | ₽582,867 US$7,908 (2021) |
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[3] very high · 5th |
Website | www |
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Volga Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, romanized: Privolzhskiy federal'nyy okrug) 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,[1] 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.