The North Caucasian Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It is located in extreme southern Russia, in the geographical area of the North Caucasus. The federal district was split from the Southern Federal District on 19 January 2010. The population of the federal subjects comprising the federal district was 10,171,434 according to the 2021 Census, living in an area of . The current Envoy is Yury Chaika.

Federal subjects

# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area inkm2 Population2021 Census GDP Capital/administrative center Map of Administrative Division 1 Republic of Dagestan 50,300 3,182,054 Makhachkala 2 Republic of Ingushetia 3,600 509,541 Magas 3 Kabardino-Balkarian Republic 12,500 904,200 Nalchik 4 Karachay-Cherkess Republic 14,300 469,865 Cherkessk 5 Republic of North Ossetia-Alania 8,000 687,357 Vladikavkaz 6 Stavropol Krai 66,500 2,907,593 Stavropol 7 Chechen Republic 17,300 1,510,824 Grozny

Demographics

Ethnic Russians constitute less than one-third of the total population at 2,857,851 (28.83%), although they do constitute a plurality of the population.

According to the 2021 Census, Russians constitute a majority of 80% in Stavropol Krai and are at least 15% of the population in North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia. A diverse assortment of mostly Muslim North Caucasian speaking ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder. The North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority federal district, and is the only federal district that does not have an ethnic Russian majority.

According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the North Caucasian Federal District is as follows:

EthnicityPopulationPercentageRussians2,857,85128.83%Chechens1,586,72016.01%Avars972,7039.81%Dargins582,2555.87%Kumyks532,8485.38%Kabardians513,1785.18%Ingush501,5445.06%Ossetians455,7654.60%Lezgins426,8694.31%Karachais222,2112.24%Laks165,7371.67%Armenians156,4171.58%Azerbaijanis136,9501.38%Tabasaran135,6941.37%Balkars122,8311.24%Circassians88,0750.89%Nogais80,0400.81%Roma45,0350.45%Abazins40,4780.41%Turks36,0410.36%Aghuls31,0120.31%Rutuls29,2000.29%Greeks25,7000.26%Turkmens16,2760.16%Georgians15,4100.16%Tatars15,2760.15%Ukrainians13,8360.14%Tsakhurs10,7350.11%Others170,3911.81%Ethnicity not stated258,986– Vital statistics for 2022:

Births: 128,528 (12.8 per 1,000) Deaths: 79,661 (7.9 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):

1.73 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):

73.79 years

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

№Name (envoy)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed byStart of termEnd of termLength of service1Alexander KhloponinKremlin's reshuffle in North Caucasus shows force trend in policies, experts say, Caucasian Knot, Moscow, 13 May 2014.Retrieved: 4 August 2014. 19 January 2010 12 May 2014 ( days)Dmitry Medvedev2Sergey Melikov 12 May 2014 28 July 2016 ( days)Vladimir Putin3Oleg Belaventsev28 July 201626 June 2018 ( days)4Aleksandr Matovnikov26 June 201822 January 2020 ( days)5Yury Chaika22 January 2020present ( days)

References

Notes

External links SKFO.RU – regional information portal North Caucasian news portal