The Republic of Komi is located in the northeastern extreme of the European part of Russia.
Its area is 416.8 thousand square km that is 2.6% of the territory of Russia.
The population amounts to 958.5 thousand people (as of 01.01.2009).
Syktyvkar, the capital of the Republic of Komi, is located 1410 km northeast of Moscow. Its population amounts to 248.2 thousand people.
The Republic of Komi is part of the North-West Federal District. In the west, northwest and north the Republic of Komi borders on Arkhangelsk Region and Nenets AO as its sub-area. In the east it borders on Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi AOs as sub-areas of Tyumen Region. In the southeast the Republic of Komi borders on Sverdlovsk Region. In the south and southwest it borders on Perm and Kirov regions.
