Zelenograd

Zelenograd
Зеленоград
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Zelenograd is located in Moscow
Zelenograd
Zelenograd
Location of Zelenograd
Zelenograd is located in European Russia
Zelenograd
Zelenograd
Zelenograd (European Russia)
Zelenograd is located in Europe
Zelenograd
Zelenograd
Zelenograd (Europe)
Coordinates: 55°59′52″N 37°11′25″E / 55.99778°N 37.19028°E / 55.99778; 37.19028
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow
FoundedMarch 3, 1958
City status sinceJanuary 15, 1963
Government
 • Prefect[2]Anatoly Smirnov[2]
Area
 • Total37.22 km2 (14.37 sq mi)
Population
 • Total221,712
 • Density6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toMoscow[1]
Postal code(s)[5]
124xxx
Dialing code(s)+7 (495), (499)[6]
Websitezelao.mos.ru

Zelenograd (Russian: Зеленоград, IPA: [zʲɪlʲɪnɐˈgrat], lit.'green city') is a city and administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia.[1] The city of Zelenograd and the territory under its jurisdiction form the Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug (ZelAO), an exclave located within Moscow Oblast, 37 kilometers (23 mi) north-west of central Moscow, along the M10 highway. Zelenograd is the smallest administrative okrug of Moscow by area, the second-lowest by population, and the largest Moscow exclave by area and by population within Moscow Oblast.[1] Zelenograd, if it were a separate settlement, would be the fifth-largest city in Moscow Oblast and one of the 100 largest cities of Russia. Before the expansion of the territory of Moscow in 2012, Zelenograd occupied second place among the administrative okrugs of Moscow, second only to the Eastern Administrative Okrug, in terms of the share of greenery in its total area (approximately 30%).

Zelenograd was founded in 1958 as a new town in the Soviet Union, and developed as a center of electronics, microelectronics and the computer industry known as the "Soviet/Russian Silicon Valley". It remains an important center of electronics in Russia. The city color is green and its emblematic animal is the squirrel.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197098,000—    
1979141,000+43.9%
1989159,000+12.8%
2002215,727+35.7%
2010221,712+2.8%
2021256,775+15.8%
Source: Census data
  1. ^ a b c d e Law of the city of Moscow #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On Territorial Division of the City of Moscow with subsequent amendments (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b Prefect Page. Official website of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug (in Russian)
  3. ^ Zelenograd Location. Official website of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug (in Russian)
  4. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ The same as Moscow dialing codes