South-Western Administrative Okrug
Administrative okrug of Moscow in Russia
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South-Western Administrative Okrug (Ю́го-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, Yugo-Zapadny administrativny okrug), or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.[2] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,362,751,[1] up from 1,179,211 recorded during the 2002 Census.[3]
South-Western Administrative Okrug
Юго-Западный административный округ | |
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Administrative okrug of Moscow | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 South-Western Administrative Okrug in Moscow | |
| Coordinates: 55°39′N 37°32′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal city | Moscow |
| Established | 1991 |
| Districts | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Oleg Volkov |
| Area | |
• Total | 111.4 km2 (43.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,362,751 |
| Website | http://uzao.mos.ru |
Territorial divisions
The administrative okrug comprises the following twelve districts:[3]
Economy
Gazprom maintained its main Moscow offices for decades at 16 Nametkina Street (Cheryomushki District) before corporate headquarters functions shifted to the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg; the company continues to operate offices in Moscow.[4][5]
The head office of Gazprombank (JSC) is located at 16 Nametkina Street, underscoring the okrug’s role as a corporate hub.[6]
RusHydro’s executive body (headquarters) is in Moscow at 7 Malaya Dmitrovka Street; the company maintains group operations across the city.[7]
Education
The Moscow Finnish School, the Japanese School in Moscow, the Swedish School in Moscow, and the main campus of the Scuola Italiana Italo Calvino (Italian school) occupy a single campus in Lomonosovsky District.[8]
Hinkson Christian Academy is also in the district at “ul. Novocheremushkinskaya 39, k.3, Moscow, 117218” (nearest metro: Profsoyuznaya).[9]