Vladimir Region
The Vladimir Region is located in the Central Federal District. It's current borders were established on August 14, 1944.
Area
29,000 square kilometres
Population
The Vladimir Region's population is 1,542,900. Over 80% of the population is urban, while rural residents account for 20%. The average population density is 52.6 people per square kilometre.
Capital
Vladimir, with a population of 336,000.
Administrative division
The Vladimir Region comprises 16 districts and 22 towns (10 of which are regional administrative towns).
Main cities and industrial centres
Vladimir, Kovrov, Murom, Aleksandrov, Kolchugino, Vyazniki, and Gus-Khrustalny.
Natural resources
The region's main minerals are peat, carbonaceous rocks, quartz sand, clays, and metallurgical dolomite.
Main industries
The region's largest industries include machine-building, metals-processing, chemicals, textiles, and glass and food production.
Cultivated lands account for 38% of the region's territory. The Vladimir Region produces grains, industrial crops, fodder crops, potato and vegetables. Flax cultivation is a concentrated enterprise in the region. Horticulture is also a developed sector. Livestock breeding includes cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.
