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Moscow Москва
Capital city and federal city
Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower (left), Saint Basil's Cathedral (right) and Ostankino Tower (background) Cathedral of Christ the Savior Moscow-City and Third Ring Road Moscow State University Bolshoi Theatre View along the Moskva River
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "My Moscow" 0:00
Coordinates: 55°45′21″N 37°37′2″E
Country	Russia
Federal district	Central
Economic region	Central
First mentioned	1147[1]
Government
• Body	City Duma[2]
• Mayor[3]	Sergey Sobyanin[3]
Area
• Total	2,561.5[4] km2 (989.0 sq mi)
• Urban	6,154 km2 (2,376 sq mi)
• Metro	48,360 km2 (18,670 sq mi)
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)
Population  (2021 Census)[6]
• Total	13,010,112
• Rank	1st
• Density	5,080/km2 (13,200/sq mi)
• Urban [7]	18,800,000
• Urban density	2,762/km2 (7,150/sq mi)
• Metro [8]	21,534,777[5]
• Metro density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Muscovite
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK[9])
ISO 3166 code	RU-MOW
Vehicle registration	77, 177, 777; 97, 197, 797; 99, 199, 799, 977[10]
OKTMO ID	45000000
Gross Regional Product	₽24.471 trillion (US$332 billion)[11]
Website	mos.ru

Moscow (/ˈmɒskoʊ/ MOS-koh, US chiefly /ˈmɒskaʊ/ MOS-kow;^[12][13] Russian: Москва, tr. Moskva, IPA: [mɐskˈva] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits,^[6] over 18.8 million residents in the urban area,^[7] and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area.^[14] The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi),^[7] and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi).^[14] Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe,^[7][14] and the largest city by land area on the European continent.^[15] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow