Volga Federal District

{{short description|Federal district of Russia}}

{{Distinguish|Privolzhsky District|Volzhsky District}}

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{{About|the political group of regions by a presidential decree|the geographical region|Volga Region}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name=Volga Federal District

|native_name=Приволжский федеральный округ

|native_name_lang=ru

|settlement_type=Federal district of Russia

|image_map=Map of Russia - Volga Federal District (2018 composition).svg

|map_caption=Location of Volga Federal District within Russia

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{RUS}}

|established_title = Established

|established_date = 13 May 2000{{cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе |trans-title= Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District |first=V. |last=Putin |date=13 May 2000 |url= https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4_%D0%BE%D1%82_13.05.2000_%E2%84%96_849 |language=ru |via=Wikisource |access-date=27 June 2024}}

|seat_type = Administrative center

|seat = Nizhny Novgorod

|leader_title = Presidential Envoy

|leader_name = Igor Komarov

|unit_pref = Metric

|area_total_km2 = 1038000

|area_rank = 5th

|population_total = 29899699

|total_type = Total

|population_as_of = 2010

|population_rank = 2nd

|population_density_km2 = 28.8

|population_urban =

|population_rural =

|blank_name_sec1 = Federal subjects

|blank_info_sec1 = 14 contained

|blank1_name_sec1 = Economic regions

|blank1_info_sec1 = 3 contained

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{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}}

|demographics2_title1 = Total

|demographics2_info1 = ₽ 19.664 trillion
US$ 281 billion (2022)

|demographics2_title2 = Per capita

|demographics2_info2 = ₽ 683,355
US$ 9,777 (2022)

| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2022)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.778{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2021-07-20}}
{{color|#0c0|high}} · 4th

| timezone_link = Time in Russia

| timezone1_location =

| timezone1 = Moscow Time

| utc_offset1 = +03:00

| timezone2_location =

| timezone2 = Samara Time

| utc_offset2 = +04:00

| timezone3_location =

| timezone3 = Yekaterinburg Time

| utc_offset3 = +05:00

|website = {{URL|http://www.pfo.ru/}}

|footnotes= = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=3 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

}}

{{Location map |Russia Volga Federal District |width=300|float=right

|caption=File:Blue pog.svg {{PAGENAMEBASE}} in Russia

|mark=Blue pog.svg

|lat_deg=56 |lat_min=20|lat_sec =

|lon_deg=44 |lon_min=0|lon_sec =

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The Volga Federal District ({{lang-rus|Приволжский федеральный округ|p=prʲɪˈvolʂskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk}}) 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,{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}} living on an area of {{convert|1038000|km2|sp=us}}. Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 September 2018.

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