Ural Federal District

56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833°N 60.583°E / 56.833; 60.583

Ural Federal District
Уральский федеральный округ
Location of the Ural Federal District within Russia
Location of the Ural Federal District within Russia
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centreYekaterinburg
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyVladimir Yakushev
Area
 • Total1,818,500 km2 (702,100 sq mi)
 • Rank3rd
Population
 (2010)
 • Total12,080,526[2]
 • Rank6th
 • Density6.75/km2 (17.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
79.9%[2]
 • Rural
20.1%[2]
GDP
 • Total16.699 trillion
US$227 billion (2021)
 • Per capita₽1,356,291
US$18,402 (2021)
Federal subjects6 contained
Economic regions2 contained
HDI (2021)0.839[4]
very high · 2nd
Websitewww.uralfo.ru
Map
Ural Federal District is located in Ural Federal District
Ural Federal District
Ural Federal District
Ural Federal District in Russia

Ural Federal District (Russian: Ура́льский федера́льный о́круг, romanizedUral'skiy federal'nyy okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 12,080,523 (79.9% urban) according to the 2010 Census.[2]

Stone Gate on Iset River, Sverdlovsk oblast

The district was established on 13 May 2000 by a decree of the President of Russia.[5] It is located at the border of the European and Asian parts of Russia.[6] The administrative centre of the district is the city of Yekaterinburg.

The district contributes 18% to Russia's Gross Regional Product (GRP), although its population is only 8.5% of the Russian total.[7]

  1. ^ "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2021гг". www.rosstat.gov.ru.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Указ Президента РФ от 13 мая 2000 г. N 849 "О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе" (Decree #849 by the President of Russia of May 13, 2000)" (in Russian).
  6. ^ "Ural Federal District". www.smsr-senclub.ru. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012.
  7. ^ "5 Ural Federal District: The Backbone of the Nation's Economy". Russia's Regions: Goals, Challenges, Achievements (PDF). National Human Development Report. UNDP. July 2006. p. 68. Retrieved September 30, 2016.

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