Editing Political divisions of Russia (section)

== Federal districts ==
{{Main|Federal districts of Russia}}

[[File:Map of Russian districts.svg|thumb|400px|The eight federal districts of Russia]]

The federal districts are groupings of the [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]] of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, do not have competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Russell|first=Martin |url= https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/569035/EPRS_IDA(2015)569035_EN.pdf |title=Russia's constitutional structure|journal=[[European Parliamentary Research Service]] |publisher=[[European Parliament]]|date=October 2015|access-date=3 November 2021|isbn=978-92-823-8022-2 |doi=10.2861/664907}}</ref> The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000. There are total eight federal districts.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Federal district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Russia.html|title=Russia: Federal Districts and Major Cities|publisher=City Population|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/RUS/?levels=1+4&years=2021&interpolation=0&extrapolation=0|title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|access-date=2021-07-20}}</ref> 
! rowspan="2" | Date<br />established
! rowspan="2" | Area<ref name=area-gks>{{cite web |url=http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b15_14p/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/01-01-1.doc |title=1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г. |language=ru |trans-title=Main Socioeconomic Indicators 2014 |work=Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators – 2015 |publisher=[[Russian Federal State Statistics Service]] |access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref><br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
! colspan="2" | [[2021 Russian census|2021 census]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)<ref name=hdi>{{cite web |title=Subnational Human Development Index (SD-201) (Russian Federation) |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/RUS/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0&years=2019 |publisher=[[Radboud University Nijmegen]] |website = Global Data Lab |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | [[Gross regional domestic product|GRDP]] (2022)<ref name=GDP>{{citation |url= https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/VRP_s_1998.xlsx 
|title=Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016–2022 гг.
|publisher= rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" | [[Federal subjects of Russia|Federal<br />subjects]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Administrative centre|Administrative<br />centre]]
! rowspan="2" | Map
|-
! data-sort-type="number"| Population
! per km<sup>2</sup>
! Total
! Per capita
|-
| style="background:#aa6ca6;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[North Caucasian Federal District|North Caucasian]]
| 19 January 2010
| 170,400
| 10,171,000
| 60
| 0.793
| [[Russian ruble|₽]]3.111 trillion<br />([[USD|$]]{{To USD|3111|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽305,334<br />(${{To USD|305334|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Pyatigorsk]]
| [[File:Outline Map of North Caucasian Federal District.svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#fc8b8b;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Southern Federal District|Southern]]{{efn|group=district-list|Includes the [[Republic of Crimea (Russia)|Republic of Crimea]] and [[Sevastopol]], [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed by Russia in 2014]], as well as [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]], [[Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast|Kherson]], [[Luhansk People's Republic|Luhansk]], and [[Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhia]] oblasts [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|annexed in 2022]]; recognized as parts of [[Ukraine]] by most of the international community.}}
| 13 May 2000
| 427,800
| 16,746,000{{efn|group=district-list|Population figures from the Crimean Census in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.krymedia.ru/society/3365334-Results-of-Census-Population-of-Crimea-is-2284-Million-People |title= Results of Census: Population of Crimea is 2.284 Million People |access-date=2016-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104175105/http://en.krymedia.ru/society/3365334-Results-of-Census-Population-of-Crimea-is-2284-Million-People |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Crimea was [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed]] by Russia in 2014, after the 2010 Russian Census.}}
| 39
| 0.799
| ₽9.816 trillion<br />(${{To USD|9816|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽588,461<br />(${{To USD|588461|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Rostov-on-Don]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Southern Federal District (Crimea disputed).svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#ffff80; width:3em;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Central Federal District|Central]]
| 13 May 2000
| 650,200
| 40,342,000
| 62
| 0.845
| ₽47.368 trillion<br />(${{To USD|47368|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽1,176,273<br />(${{To USD|1176273|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Moscow]] 
| [[File:Outline Map of Central Russia.svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#62d2c5;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Northwestern Federal District|Northwestern]]
| 13 May 2000
| 1,687,000
| 13,917,000
| 8
| 0.833
| ₽18.929 trillion<br />(${{To USD|18929|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽1,362,907<br />(${{To USD|1362907|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Saint Petersburg]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Northwestern Federal District.svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#37ce04;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Volga Federal District|Volga]]
| 13 May 2000
| 1,037,000
| 28,943,000
| 28
| 0.804
| ₽19.664 trillion<br />(${{To USD|19664|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽683,355<br />(${{To USD|683355|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Nizhny Novgorod]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Volga Federal District.svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#c7cb8f;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Ural Federal District|Ural]]
| 13 May 2000
| 1,818,500
| 12,301,000
| 7
| 0.839
| ₽20.073 trillion<br />(${{To USD|20073|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽1,635,678<br />(${{To USD|1635678|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 6 
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Yekaterinburg]]
| [[File:Outline map of Urals Federal District.svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#01bee7;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Siberian Federal District|Siberian]]
| 13 May 2000
|4,361,800
|16,793,000
| 4
| 0.794
| ₽13.054 trillion<br />(${{To USD|13054|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽781,580<br />(${{To USD|781580|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Novosibirsk]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Siberian Federal District (2018).svg|100px|border]]
|-
| style="background:#fece2c;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Far Eastern Federal District|Far Eastern]]
| 13 May 2000
| 6,952,600
| 7,976,000
| 1
| 0.808
| ₽8.656 trillion<br />(${{To USD|8656|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}} billion)
| ₽1,090,778<br />(${{To USD|1090778|RUS|year=2022|round=yes}})
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Vladivostok]]
| [[File:Outline Map of Far Eastern Federal District.svg|100px|border]]
|}