Central Economic Region
The Central Economic Region (Russian: Центра́льный экономи́ческий райо́н, romanized: Tsentral'nyy ekonomicheskiy rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.
Central Economic Region
Центра́льный экономи́ческий райо́н | |
|---|---|
Moscow, the largest city in the region | |
Map of Central Economic Region | |
| Country | Russia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 484,000 km2 (187,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 33,276,581 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₽ 37,119 billion US$ 504.818 billion |
Central Economic Region is located in the central portion of the European part of Russia. A great number of automobile and railroads intersect on the territory of this region.
This flat, rolling country, with Moscow as its center, forms a major industrial region. Besides Moscow, major cities include Smolensk, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Tula, Dzerzhinsky, and Rybinsk. Trucks, ships, railway rolling stock, machine tools, electronic equipment, cotton and woolen textiles, and chemicals are the principal industrial products. The Volga and Oka Rivers are the major water routes, and the Moscow–Volga and Don–Volga canals link Moscow with the Caspian and Baltic Seas. Many rail lines serve the area.