The Northern Administrative Okrug (russian: Се́верный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Severny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative

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s) of the

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.Law #13-47 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,100,974, down from 1,112,846 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Territorial divisions

The administrative okrug comprises the following sixteen districts: * Aeroport * Begovoy * Beskudnikovsky * Dmitrovsky * Golovinsky * Khovrino * Khoroshyovsky * Koptevo * Levoberezhny * Molzhaninovsky * Savyolovsky *

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* Timiryazevsky * Vostochnoye Degunino * Voykovsky * Zapadnoye Degunino Vodny Stadion—a territorial unit with special status—used to be a part of the administrative okrug as well.

Economy

Over a thousand medium-sized and large businesses and almost eighteen thousand small businesses operate in Northern Administrative Okrug. They include construction material, engineering, food production, light industry, jewelry design, and printing operations.Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow International Portal, Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations of the City of Moscow. Retrieved on August 31, 2011. Offices of many of Russia's aviation companies are housed in the administrative okrug. The aviation companies Irkut,

Ilyushin The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey ...

, and

Yakovlev The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport ...

have their head offices in

Aeroport District Aeroport District (russian: райо́н Аэропо́рт, ''rayon Aeroport'', "Airport District") is an administrative district (raion) of the Northern Administrative Okrug and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district ...

. The aviation companies

Mikoyan Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (russian: Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ“, Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, was a Russi ...

(MiG) and

Sukhoi The JSC Sukhoi Company (russian: ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and mili ...

have their head offices in

Begovoy District Begovoy District (russian: Райо́н Бегово́й) is an administrative district (raion) of Northern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . Population: 37,900 (2017 est.) Economy ...

. The administrative okrug also houses the Dementyev Moscow Aviation Plant and the Rumyantsev Moscow Aviation Plant.

Nordwind Airlines Nordwind Airlines, LLC (russian: ООО «Северный ветер», translit=Severný veter) is a Russian leisure airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow, and its hub is at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines prim ...

has its head office within

Sheremetyevo International Airport Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport ( rus, links=no, Международный аэропорт Шереметьево имени А. С. Пушкина, p=ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə ''Mezhdunarodny aeroport Sheremetyevo imen ...

in Molzhaninovsky District.

Education

The

New Humanitarian School New Humanitarian School (NHS, russian: Новая гуманитарная школа "Novaya Gumanitarnaya Shkola", НГШ) is a private primary and secondary school in Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia, with educat ...

, a private school, is located in

Coat of arms

The narrow silver belt symbolizes the

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, which passes through the territory of the administrative okrug. The two golden wings symbolize air traffic and the

. The silver eight-pointed star represents

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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 the Central Moscow Hippodrome.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=July 2012 Administrative okrugs of Moscow