Ural Federal District - Overview
Ural Federal District is a federal district of the Russian Federation located within the Urals and Western Siberia, formed on May 13, 2000.
In this federal district, as in the Central Federal District, there are no national republics, only regions (including the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi - Yugra autonomous okrugs that are parts of the Tyumen region). Ekaterinburg is the administrative center and the largest city of the district.
The population of Ural Federal District is about 12,345,000 (2016), the area - 1,818,497 sq. km.
Ural Federal District - Features
The Urals, a geographic region in Russia stretching between the East European and West Siberian Plains, has a very favorable economic and geographical position. It is located in the central part of Russia, between the developed regions of the Volga region and the rich natural resources of the eastern regions of the country. The level of urbanization is about 80%.
Ural Federal District is one of the richest mineral-raw regions of Russia. In the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous regions, oil and natural gas fields related to the West Siberian oil and natural gas province are explored and developed (more than 60% of oil reserves and 75%% of natural gas reserves of Russia).
This federal district also has significant reserves of iron, titanomagnetite and copper ores, non-ferrous, precious and rare metals, peat, asbestos, non-metallic building materials, precious and semiprecious stones. Large forest resources are concentrated here, about 10% of the total Russian reserves.
The economy of Ural Federal District is based on the oil and gas industry, heavy engineering, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry, timber and woodworking industries, transport. The agro-industrial complex of Ural Federal District specializes in the production of grain (rye, spring wheat, oats) and livestock products (meat, milk, wool).
Nature of Ural Federal District
Chelyabinsk region
Author: Olga Yartseva
Kurgan region
Author: Andrey Chijov
Sverdlovsk region
Author: Oleg Seliverstov
Ural Federal District - Cities and Regions
In total, there are 112 cities and towns on the territory of Ural Federal District.
