Northern Administrative Okrug Северный административный округ | |
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Administrative okrug of Moscow | |
 Northern Administrative Okrug in Moscow | |
| Coordinates:55°50′N37°31′E / 55.833°N 37.517°E /55.833; 37.517 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal city | Moscow |
| Established | 1991[citation needed] |
| Districts[2] | 16[1] |
| Government | |
| • Prefect[4] | Gadzhimurad Izutdinov[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 109.9 km2 (42.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,100,974 |
| Website | https://sao.mos.ru/ |
theNorthern Administrative Okrug (Russian:Се́верный администрати́вный о́круг,romanized: Severny administrativny okrug), orSeverny Administrative Okrug, is one of thetwelve high-level territorial divisions (administrativeokrugs) of thefederal city ofMoscow,Russia.[2] As of the2010 Census, its population was 1,100,974,[5] down from 1,112,846 recorded during the2002 Census.[1]
The administrative okrug comprises the following sixteen districts:[1]
Vodny Stadion—a territorial unit with special status—used to be a part of the administrative okrug as well.[citation needed]
Over a thousand medium-sized and large businesses and almost eighteen thousand small businesses operate in Northern Administrative Okrug.[citation needed] They include construction material, engineering, food production, light industry, jewelry design, and printing operations.[6]
Offices of many of Russia's aviation companies are housed in the administrative okrug.[6] The aviation companiesIrkut,Ilyushin, andYakovlev have their head offices inAeroport District. The aviation companiesMikoyan (MiG) andSukhoi have their head offices inBegovoy District. The administrative okrug also houses the Dementyev Moscow Aviation Plant and the Rumyantsev Moscow Aviation Plant.[6]Nordwind Airlines has its head office withinSheremetyevo International Airport inMolzhaninovsky District.
TheNew Humanitarian School, a private school, is located inAeroport District.
The narrow silver belt symbolizes theMoscow Canal, which passes through the territory of the administrative okrug. The two golden wings symbolize air traffic and theSheremetyevo International Airport. The silver eight-pointed star representsPolaris and points to the northern location of the administrative okrug in Moscow. The gold and silver sails of the ship symbolize the river transport. The silver horses represent the racetrack. Finally, the silver Corinthian style columns represent the porticos of theCentral Moscow Hippodrome.
