Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
| Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |||
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| Нижегородская область (Roushie) | |||
| — Oblast — | |||
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| Coordinates: 56°29′N 44°32′E / 56.483°N 44.533°E | |||
| Poleetical status | |||
| Kintra | Roushie | ||
| Federal destrict | Volga[1] | ||
| Economic region | Volga-Vyatka[2] | ||
| Established | 5 December 1936 | ||
| Admeenistrative center | Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| Govrenment (as of March 2011) | |||
| - Governor | Valery Shantsev[3] | ||
| - Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Aurie Template:Small[4] | |||
| - Total | 76,900 km2 (29,691.3 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 40t | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[5] | |||
| - Total | 3,310,597 | ||
| - Rank | 10t | ||
| - Density | 43.05 /km2 ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 78.9% | ||
| - Rural | 21.1% | ||
| Population (2002 Census) | |||
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| - Density | /km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | {{{urban_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| - Rural | {{{rural_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| Time zone(s) | Template:RussiaTimeZone | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-NIZ | ||
| License plates | 52, 152 | ||
| Offeecial leids | Roushie[6] | ||
| http://www.government-nnov.ru/ | |||
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Roushie: Нижегоро́дская о́бласть, Nizhegorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 3,310,597 (2010 Census).[5]
The oblast is crossed bi the Volga River. Apairt frae Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan aurie, the biggest ceety is Arzamas. Near the toun o Sarov there is the lairgest an the maist famous convent in Russia, established bi Saunt Seraphim o Sarov - Diveevo convent. Makaryev Monastery opposite the toun o Lyskovo uisit tae be location o the lairgest fair in Eastren Europe. Ither historic touns include Gorodets an Balakhna, locatit on the Volga tae the north frae Nizhny Novgorod.
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[edit] Geography
The oblast covers an aurie o 76,900 square kilometers ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} sq mi), which is approximately equal tae the entire aurie o the Benelux kintras. Agricultural land occupees 41% o this aurie; forests, 48%, lakes an rivers, 2%; an ither lands, 9%. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast borders Kostroma Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (NE), the Mari El Republic (E), Chuvashie (E), the Mordovie (S), Ryazan Oblast (SW), Vladimir Oblast (W), an Ivanovo Oblast (NW).
[edit] Natural resources
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast is no rich in natural resources, which are, maistly, limitit tae commercial deposits o sand (includin titanium-zirconium sands), clay, gypsum, peat, mineral salt, an timber.
[edit] Sichts
The unique airchitectural construction—the Template:Convert/LoffAoffDbSon steel lattice hyperboloid touer built bi the Great Roushie ingineer an scientist Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov in 1929—is locatit near the toun o Dzerzhinsk on the left bank o the Oka River.
[edit] Admeenistrative diveesions
- Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
[edit] Demographics
Population: 3,310,597 (2010 Census preliminary results);[5] 3,524,028 (2002 Census);[7] 3,714,322 (1989 Census).[8]
Accordin tae the 2010 Census,[5] ethnic Roushies at 3,109,661 made up 95.1% o the oblast's population. Ither ethnic groups includit Tatars (44,103, or 1.4%), Mordva (19,138, or 0.6%), Ukrainians (17,657, or 0.5%), an various smawer groups, each accoontin for less than 0.5% o the oblast's total population. Additionally, 42,349 people wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.[9]
- Births (2008): 35,581 (10.6 per 1000)
- Daiths (2008): 61,140 (18.3 per 1000)
Births increased bi 7.7% an daiths decreased bi 1% in 2008 compared tae 2007.[10]
Accordin tae the Federal Migration Service, 20,450 foreign citizens wur registered in the oblast in 2006. The actual number o foreigners residin in the oblast as o 1 Juin 2006 wis estimatit tae be ower 22,000.[11]
[edit] Economy
The oblast ranks seivent in Roushie in industrial output, while the processin industry predominates in the local economy. Mair than 650 industrial companies employ nearly 700,000 fowk, or 62% o the wirkforce involvit in material production. Industry generates 83% o the regional GDP an maks 89% o aw material expenditures. The leadin sectors are ingineerin an metalwirkin, follaed bi the chemical an petrochemical industries an the forestry, firthwirkin, an paper industries. The first three sectors accoont for aboot 75% o aw industrial production.
The oblast haes traditionally been attractive tae investors. In 2002, Moody's ratin agency confirmit a Caa1rating based on the region's lang-term foreign currency liabilities.[12]
The region maintains trade relations wi mony kintras an haes an export surplus. The lairgest volume o exports goes tae Ukraine, Belaroushie, Swisserland, Kazakhstan, Belgium, an Fraunce. Imports come mainly frae Ukraine, Germany, Belaroushie, Kazakhstan, Austrick, Netherlands, Cheenae, an the Unitit States.
The stock mercat infrastructur is quite well developit in Nizhny Novgorod, and the exchange business is expandin. Companies an organizations registered in the region include 1153 joint-stock companies, 63 investment institutions, 34 commercial banks, 35 insurance companies, 1 voucher investment fund, 1 investment fund, 17 nongovernmental pension funds, 2 associations o professional stock mercat dealers, an 3 exchynges (stock, currency, an agricultural). The oblast is notit for haein relatively heichlie developit mercat relations. The day, the region needs serious pairtners interestit in equitable, lang-term, mutually beneficial pairtnerships.
There are 650+ industrial companies in the region [1], maist o them engagit in the follaein sectors:
- Machine-buildin an ingineerin
- Chemical & petrochemical
- Fuel & energy
- Ferrous an non-ferrous metallurgy
- Construction materials
- Glass
- Firth an paper
- Cloth-makkin
- Fuid & fuid processin
- Medical & pharmaceuticals
- Printin & publishin.
These key industries are supplementit bi ither sectors o the economy such as agricultur, trade, services, communications an transport.
[edit] References
Media relatit tae Nizhny Novgorod Oblast at Wikimedia Commons
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- ↑ Offeecial wabsteid o Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number o Destricts, Inhabitit Localities, an Rural Admeenistration bi Federal Subjects o the Roushie Federation) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 1 November 2011. .
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Template:Ru-pop-ref
- ↑ Offeecial the whole territory o Roushie accordin tae Airticle 68.1 o the Constitution o Roushie.
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- ↑ http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936
- ↑ http://nizhstat.gks.ru/digital/region1/2007/oper_demogr_12_08.htm
- ↑ Дарья ВЛАДИМИРОВА, "Стройки под особым контролем", Rakurs, 30 June 2006
- ↑ http://russiatrek.org/r_nnovgorod.shtml
[edit] Freemit airtins
- Nizhny Novgorod Ceety Guide Travel an business guide tae Nizhny Novgorod (Inglis)
