title: Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District
text: # Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District
  
  Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District (Russian: райо́н Оре́хово-Бори́сово Ю́жное) is a territorial division (a district, or raion) in Southern Administrative Okrug, one of the 125 in the federal city of Moscow, Russia. It is located in the south of the federal city. The area of the district is 7.197 square kilometers (2.779 sq mi). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 145,588.
  
  ## History
  
  The district is located on the spot of former villages of Orekhovo, Borisovo, Shipilovo, Zyablikovo, and Brateyevo. In the early 1970s, mass housing construction was started in the area, and a microdistrict was built there.
  
  ## Municipal status
  
  As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye Municipal Okrug.
  
  