Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Yuzhny federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It includes the Forecaucasus and the Russian part of the Caucasus, the North Caucasus. Its population was 22,907,141 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 589,200 km² (227,491.4 mi²). The current Envoy to the Southern District is Dmitry Kozak, a Putin loyalist.

Subdivisions, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some of Russia's ethnic minorities) marked with an asterisk, and with their respective capitals or administrative centers:

• Adygeya^* : Maykop
• Astrakhan Oblast : Astrakhan
• Chechnya^*: Grozny
• Dagestan^* : Makhachkala
• Ingushetia^* : Magas
• Kabardino-Balkaria^* : Nalchik
• Kalmykia^* : Elista
• Karachay-Cherkessia^* : Cherkessk
• Krasnodar Krai : Krasnodar
• North Ossetia-Alania^* : Vladikavkaz
• Stavropol Krai : Stavropol
• Rostov Oblast : Rostov on Don
• Volgograd Oblast : Volgograd

External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia -- Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/yufo.html
• Southern Federal District
• News and events of Russian South

Federal districts of Russia | Caucasus

Südrussland | Lõuna föderaalringkond | Norda Kaŭkazio | District fédéral du Sud | 남부 연방관구 | სამხრეთი რუსეთი | Zuidelijk Federaal District | 南部連邦管区 | Południowy Okręg Federalny | Южный федеральный округ Российской Федерации | Severno-kavkaško zvezno okrožje | Juzjnyj