Volgograd Oblast
| Volgograd Oblast | |||
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| Волгоградская область (Roushie) | |||
| — Oblast — | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°44′N 44°07′E / 49.733°N 44.117°E | |||
| Poleetical status | |||
| Kintra | Roushie | ||
| Federal destrict | Soothren[1] | ||
| Economic region | Volga[2] | ||
| Established | September 23, 1937 | ||
| Admeenistrative center | Volgograd | ||
| Govrenment (as of August 2010) | |||
| - Heid o Admeenistration | Sergey Bozhenov[3] | ||
| - Legislature | Oblast Duma | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Aurie Template:Small[4] | |||
| - Total | 113,900 km2 (43,977.0 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 31st | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[5] | |||
| - Total | 2,610,161 | ||
| - Rank | 18t | ||
| - Density | 22.92 /km2 ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 76.0% | ||
| - Rural | 24.0% | ||
| Population (2002 Census) | |||
| - Total | |||
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| - Urban | {{{urban_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| - Rural | {{{rural_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| Time zone(s) | Template:RussiaTimeZone | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-VGG | ||
| License plates | 34 | ||
| Offeecial leids | Roushie[6] | ||
| http://www.volganet.ru/ | |||
Volgograd Oblast (Roushie: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, Volgogradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Volgograd. Population: 2,610,161 (2010 Census).[5]
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[edit] Geography
- Aurie: 113,900 square kilometers ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} sq mi)
- Borders length: 2,221.9 kilometers ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} mi)
The oblast borders wi Saratov, Rostov, Astrakhan, an Voronezh Oblasts, the Republic o Kalmykie, an wi Kazakhstan.
[edit] Main rivers
(mair than 200 rivers oweraw)
[edit] Demographics
Population: 2,610,161 (2010 Census preliminary results);[5] 2,699,223 (2002 Census);[7] 2,593,944 (1989 Census).[8]
[edit] Ethnic groups
(shown are the ethnic groups wi a population o mair than 7,500 fowk)
| Ethnic group | Population (in 2010)[5] | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Roushies | 2,309,253 | 90 |
| Kazakhs | 46,223 | 1.8 |
| Ukrainians | 35,607 | 1.4 |
| Tatars | 24,557 | 0.9 |
| Armenians | 27,846 | 1.1 |
| Azerbaijani | 14,398 | 0.6 |
| Germans | 10,102 | 0.4 |
| Chechen | 9,649 | 0.4 |
| Belaroushies | 7,868 | 0.4 |
- 44,541 fowk 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]
[edit] Admeenistrative diveesions
- Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Volgograd Oblast
[edit] Govrenment
The previous govrenor o the Volgograd Oblast wis Nikolay Kirillovich Maksyuta (Roushie: Николай Кириллович Максюта) (syne 1996, reelectit in 2004) The current govrenor is Anatoliy Brovko (syne 2010)
Baith the flag an the coat o airms o Volgograd Oblast include an image o The Motherland Calls, an 85 meter taw statue locatit in Volgograd.
[edit] Economics
Primary branches o economics are agricultur, fuid production, hivy industry, gas an petroleum refinin.
Volga Hydroelectric Station operates on the Volga River.
[edit] References
- ↑ Template:Cite Russian law
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- ↑ Official website of Volgograd Oblast. Sergey Anatolyevich Bozhenov, Head of Administration of Volgograd Oblast (Roushie)
- ↑ 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
[edit] Freemit airtins
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