Vologda area

Geographical location
Vologda area is situated in the north-west of the East-European plain. It borders on Kostromskaya, Yaroslavskaya, Tverskaya areas in the south, on Novgorod region in the south-west, on Leningrad region in the west, on the Republic of Karelia and Astrakhan region in the north. Main rivers are the Sukhona, the Ug, the Mologa, the Sheksna. In the region there are coniferous forests.
The climate of the region is temperate continental.

Administrative division
Vologda region was founded on 23 September 1937. Area of the region -145.7 thousand sq. km. Population - 1333.7 thousand people. Density of population - 9.2 persons per sq. km.
The region is divided into 26 districts, 4 towns of the regional submission, 11 towns of district submission, 14 town settlements, 375 villages. Centre of the region is the town of Vologda. It was founded in 1147. Distance to Moscow is 497 km.
Main towns are Vologda, Cherepovets.

Economics
Vologda region is the most industrially developed administrative unit of the Northern economic region. Covering 1% of the Russian territory, it produces 19.1% of ferrous metals, 11.8% of mineral fertilization, and 12.6% of linen fabrics. Production of Volgograd enterprises makes up 2.3% of overall volume of Russian export.
In comparison with other regions they region avoided abrupt recession of production. In 1999 they achieved 9% of growth.
The region is one the biggest producer of meat, milk, eggs.