Western Administrative Okrug

Western Administrative Okrug (Russian: За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, romanized: Zapadny administrativny okrug), or Zapadny Administrativny Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,285,914,^[4] up from 1,049,104 recorded during the 2002 Census.^[2]

Western Administrative Okrug Западный административный округ
Administrative okrug of Moscow
Flag Coat of arms
Western Administrative Okrug in Moscow
Coordinates: 55°43′N 37°29′E
Country	Russia
Federal city	Moscow
Districts[1]	12[2]
Government
• Prefect	Alexey Alexandrov[3]
Area [citation needed]
• Total	153.0 km2 (59.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021 Census)[4]
• Total	1,383,853
Website	http://zao.mos.ru

Territorial divisions

The administrative okrug comprises the following thirteen districts:^[2]

• Dorogomilovo
• Filyovsky Park
• Fili-Davydkovo
• Krylatskoye
• Kuntsevo
• Mozhaysky
• Novo-Peredelkino
• Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye
• Prospekt Vernadskogo
• Ramenki
• Solntsevo
• Troparyovo-Nikulino
• Vnukovo

Economy

The head office of AirBridgeCargo Airlines and offices of Intel are located in the Krylatsky Hills Business Park in Krylatskoye District of the administrative okrug. Red Wings Airlines has its head office in Vnukovo District.

Education

Moscow International Prescool, an international kindergarten, is situated in Prospekt Vernadskogo District.

The German School Moscow is located in Troparyovo-Nikulino District of the administrative okrug.

Moscow Korean School (MKS; 모스크바한국학교), a South Korean international school, is within Mozhaysky District.^[5]

International School of Moscow has its Krylatskoe Campus in the Krylatskoye District.^[6]

Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

• Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany