The Central Economic Region is one of the 12 economic regions of the Russian Federation . The most developed manufacturing industry. This is due to its favorable economic and geographical position, the availability of consumers and skilled labor.
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District Composition
The Central Economic Region consists of 13 subjects of the Federation :
- Bryansk region
- Vladimir region
- Ivanovo region
- Kaluga region
- Kostroma region
- Moscow region
- City of federal significance Moscow
- Oryol Region
- Ryazan Oblast
- Smolensk region
- Tver region
- Tula region
- Yaroslavskaya oblast
Economic and geographical position
The central economic region has a rather favorable economic and geographical position , although it does not have significant reserves of fuel and raw materials . It is located at the intersection of water and land roads, which have always contributed to the convergence of vast Russian lands, the development of trade and other types of economic ties. The water main is the Volga River and its tributaries. The region has historically evolved cultural, moral, economic, political and managerial foundations of a centralized Russian state. The main areas of specialization: transport engineering, electrical, radio-electronic industry, light (mainly textile), food, chemical industries, as well as the production of building materials. Suburban orientation agriculture (vegetable growing, potato growing, flax growing, dairy cattle breeding).
General Information
The area has peat deposits in the Tver, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Moscow regions. Deposits are in the final stages of development.
Explored oil and gas areas in the Yaroslavl region.
From mineral raw materials, few iron ore deposits are known (Tula and Oryol regions). On the use of Tula ores (from the XVI-XVII centuries), the Kosogorsky Metallurgical Plant was founded.
Agronomic ores are represented by phosphorites in the Bryansk (Polpinskoe deposit), Moscow (Egorievsk deposit) regions. Cement raw materials, limestones, marls are available in the Bryansk, Moscow, Ryazan, Oryol regions.
Rare-earth metal deposits were discovered in the region (Tula and Oryol regions).
Natural resources are mainly of intra-regional importance. [one]
General data
Area: 486.0 thousand kmΒ². This is about 2.8% of the country. Of the minerals mined: phosphorus, peat, brown coal, limestone.
Population: 30.5 million (45.3 million people - the population of Central Russia) Population density: 63 people / kmΒ²,
Level of urbanization: 83% of the population lives in cities.
Notes
- β Kondratiev Arseny. Central Economic Region . www.grandars.ru. Date of treatment December 6, 2016.
Links
- Central Economic Region - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
See also
Central Federal District