Smolensk Oblast
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Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоленская область, romanized: Smolenskaya oblast'), informally also called Smolenshchina (Смоленщина),[12] is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 888,421.[13]
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Smolensk Oblast | |
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Смоленская область | |
Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Central[1] |
Economic region | Central[2] |
Administrative center | Smolensk[3] |
Government | |
• Body | Oblast Duma[4] |
• Governor[5] | Vasily Anokhin (acting)[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 49,779 km2 (19,220 sq mi) |
• Rank | 53rd |
Population | |
• Total | 888,421 |
• Estimate (2018)[9] | 949,348 |
• Rank | 57th |
• Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
• Urban | 72.6% |
• Rural | 27.4% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [10]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-SMO |
License plates | 67 |
OKTMO ID | 66000000 |
Official languages | Russian[11] |
Website | admin-smolensk.ru |
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