North Caucasian Federal District

North Caucasian Federal District

Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ
North Caucasian Federal District Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
	Location of the North Caucasian Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	19 January 2010
Administrative centre	Pyatigorsk
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Yury Chaika
Area
• Total	170,400 km2 (65,800 sq mi)
• Rank	8th
Population (2021 Census)
• Total	10,171,000
• Rank	7th
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	50.7%
• Rural	49.3%
GDP
• Total	₽ 3.111 trillion; US$ 45 billion (2022)
• Per capita	₽ 305,334; US$ 4,368 (2022)
Federal subjects	7 contained
Economic regions	1 contained
HDI (2022)	0.752; high · 8th
Website	skfo.gov.ru
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North Caucasian Federal District in Russia

The North Caucasian Federal District (Russian: Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ, IPA: [ˌsʲevʲɪrə kɐfˈkasːkʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It is located in extreme southern Russia, in the geographical area of the North Caucasus. The federal district was split from the Southern Federal District on 19 January 2010.^[5] The population of the federal subjects comprising the federal district was 10,171,434 according to the 2021 Census,^[6] living in an area of 170,400 square kilometers (65,800 sq mi).^[1] The current Envoy is Yury Chaika.

Federal subjects

The map and key are listed in Russian alphabetical order.
#	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km²^[1]	Population 2021 Census	GDP^[7]	Capital/administrative center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Republic of Dagestan	50,300	3,182,054	₽814 billion	Makhachkala
2			Republic of Ingushetia	3,600	509,541	₽77 billion	Magas
3			Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	12,500	904,200	₽199 billion	Nalchik
4			Karachay-Cherkess Republic	14,300	469,865	₽109 billion	Cherkessk
5			Republic of North Ossetia-Alania	8,000	687,357	₽203 billion	Vladikavkaz
6			Stavropol Krai	66,500	2,907,593	₽1,025 billion	Stavropol
7			Chechen Republic	17,300	1,510,824	₽268 billion	Grozny

Demographics

Ethnic Russians constitute less than one-third of the total population at 2,857,851 (28.83%) according to the 2021 Census, but constitute a majority of 80% in Stavropol Krai and are at least 15% of the population in North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia. A diverse assortment of mostly Muslim North Caucasian speaking ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder. The North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority district, and is the only federal district that does not have an ethnic Russian majority.

According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the North Caucasian Federal District is as follows:

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
Russians	2,857,851	28.83%
Chechens	1,586,720	16.01%
Avars	972,703	9.81%
Dargins	582,255	5.87%
Kumyks	532,848	5.38%
Kabardians	513,178	5.18%
Ingush	501,544	5.06%
Ossetians	455,765	4.60%
Lezgins	426,869	4.31%
Karachais	222,211	2.24%
Laks	165,737	1.67%
Armenians	156,417	1.58%
Azerbaijanis	136,950	1.38%
Tabasaran	135,694	1.37%
Balkars	122,831	1.24%
Circassians	88,075	0.89%
Nogais	80,040	0.81%
Roma	45,035	0.45%
Abazins	40,478	0.41%
Turks	36,041	0.36%
Aghuls	31,012	0.31%
Rutuls	29,200	0.29%
Greeks	25,700	0.26%
Turkmens	16,276	0.16%
Georgians	15,410	0.16%
Tatars	15,276	0.15%
Ukrainians	13,836	0.14%
Tsakhurs	10,735	0.11%
Others	170,391	1.81%
Ethnicity not stated	258,986	–

Vital statistics for 2022:^[10]^[11]

Births: 128,528 (12.8 per 1,000)
Deaths: 79,661 (7.9 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):^[12]

1.73 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):^[8]

73.79 years

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

№	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
№	Name (envoy)	Photo	Start of term	End of term	Length of service	Appointed by
1	Alexander Khloponin^[13]		19 January 2010	12 May 2014	4 years, 113 days (1,574 days)	Dmitry Medvedev
2	Sergey Melikov^[14]		12 May 2014	28 July 2016	2 years, 77 days (808 days)	Vladimir Putin
3	Oleg Belaventsev^[15]		28 July 2016	26 June 2018	1 year, 333 days (698 days)
4	Aleksandr Matovnikov^[16]		26 June 2018	22 January 2020	1 year, 210 days (575 days)
5	Yury Chaika		22 January 2020	present	4 years, 305 days (1,766 days)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Provisional results of the 2020 All-Russian population census" (in Russian). Rosstat. May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
^ Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2022 гг., rosstat.gov.ru
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе», в ред. Указа №82 от 19 января 2010 г «О внесении изменений в перечень федеральных округов, утвержденный Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 13 мая 2000 г. N 849, и в Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12 мая 2008 г. N 724 "Вопросы системы и структуры федеральных органов исполнительной власти"». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District, as amended by the Decree #82 of January 19, 2010 On Amending the Registry of the Federal Districts Approved by the Decree #849 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 and the Decree #724 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2008 "Issues of the System and the Structure of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power". Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
^ ^a ^b "Демографический ежегодник России" [The Demographic Yearbook of Russia] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
^ "Ожидаемая продолжительность жизни при рождении" [Life expectancy at birth]. Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System of Russia (in Russian). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
^ "Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
^ "Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
^ Суммарный коэффициент рождаемости [Total fertility rate]. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (in Russian). Archived from the original (XLSX) on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ Kremlin's reshuffle in North Caucasus shows force trend in policies, experts say, Caucasian Knot, Moscow, 13 May 2014.Retrieved: 4 August 2014.
^ "Putin creates ministry for North Caucasus, makes new appointments". ITAR-TASS. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
^ "Путин подписал указ "О полномочном представителе президента РФ в Северо-Кавказском федеральном округе"" (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
^ "Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе" (in Russian). Meduza. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

External links

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[area-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.

[2021_Census_provisional_results-2] "Provisional results of the 2020 All-Russian population census" (in Russian). Rosstat. May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

[GDP-3] Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2022 гг., rosstat.gov.ru

[GlobalDataLab-4] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

[FD-5] Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе», в ред. Указа №82 от 19 января 2010 г «О внесении изменений в перечень федеральных округов, утвержденный Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 13 мая 2000 г. N 849, и в Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12 мая 2008 г. N 724 "Вопросы системы и структуры федеральных органов исполнительной власти"». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District, as amended by the Decree #82 of January 19, 2010 On Amending the Registry of the Federal Districts Approved by the Decree #849 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 and the Decree #724 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2008 "Issues of the System and the Structure of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power". Effective as of May 13, 2000.).

[census2021-6] "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

[7] "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.

[rosstat-8] "Демографический ежегодник России" [The Demographic Yearbook of Russia] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat). Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[9] "Ожидаемая продолжительность жизни при рождении" [Life expectancy at birth]. Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System of Russia (in Russian). Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[10] "Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

[11] "Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

[gks.ru-tfr-12] Суммарный коэффициент рождаемости [Total fertility rate]. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (in Russian). Archived from the original (XLSX) on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[13] Kremlin's reshuffle in North Caucasus shows force trend in policies, experts say, Caucasian Knot, Moscow, 13 May 2014.Retrieved: 4 August 2014.

[New_envoy-14] "Putin creates ministry for North Caucasus, makes new appointments". ITAR-TASS. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

[15] "Путин подписал указ "О полномочном представителе президента РФ в Северо-Кавказском федеральном округе"" (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

[16] "Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе" (in Russian). Meduza. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

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