Metrogorodok District

Metrogorodok
CHP-23 power station, Metrogorodok District
Location of Metrogorodok District on the map of Moscow
Coordinates: 55°50′19″N 37°44′54″E / 55.83861°N 37.74833°E / 55.83861; 37.74833
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow
Area
  Total
27.57 km2 (10.64 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID45311000
Websitehttp://metrogorodok.mos.ru/

Metrogorodok District (Russian: район Метрогородок) is the northernmost administrative district (55° 50' 19.26" 37° 44' 55.32"E) (raion) of Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

The district has a size of 27.57 square kilometers (10.64 sq mi). 90% of the Metrogorodok's area is occupied by the Losiny Ostrov National Park. Despite that fact, the ecological situation is assessed as unfavorable because of the Kaloshino industrial zone, combined heat and power station No. 23 and felling of forest zones.

The municipality got its name from the metro builders settlement, which arose in the 1930s during the construction of the first stage of the Moscow metro.