Siberian Federal District
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Сибирский федеральный округ (Russian) Siberian Federal District
Location of the Siberian FD in Russia
Anthem: None
Administrative center	Novosibirsk
Established	May 2000
Political status Federal subjects Economic regions	Federal district 13 contained contained
Code	n/a
Area
Area - Rank within Russia	5,114,800 km²
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural	20,062,938 inhabitants 3.9 inhab. / km²
Official language	Russian others
Government
Presidential Envoy	Vladimir Ustinov
Official website
http://www.ufo.gov.ru/

Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сиби́рский федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Sibirsky federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is the central of the three Asian districts. Its population was 20,062,938 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 5,114,800 km² (1,974,835.3 mi²). The Current Presidential Envoy to Siberian Federal District is Anatoly Kvashnin.

It should not be confused with Siberia, which includes the whole of Asian Russia except that close to the Pacific.

Below is a list of the federal subjects within the Siberian Federal District. (Republics are marked with an asterisk (*).

1. Altai Republic^*
2. Altai Krai
3. Buryatia^*
4. Zabaykalsky Krai
5. Irkutsk Oblast
6. Khakassia^*
7. Kemerovo Oblast
8. Krasnoyarsk Krai
9. Novosibirsk Oblast
10. Omsk Oblast
11. Tomsk Oblast
12. Tuva^*

Largest cities

1. Novosibirsk 1,405,569 (2005 population)
2. Omsk 1,142,773
3. Krasnoyarsk 917,195
4. Barnaul 631,221
5. Irkutsk 582,547
6. Novokuznetsk 563,257
7. Kemerovo 522,641
8. Tomsk 487,357
9. Ulan-Ude 352,623
10. Chita 308,492
11. Bratsk 256,552

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

• Leonid Drachevsky (May 18, 2000 – September 9, 2004)
• Anatoly Kvashnin (since September 9, 2004)

External links

• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/sfo.html
• Images of the Siberian Federal District