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Kostroma Oblast
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Kostroma Oblast (Roushie: Костромска́я о́бласть, Kostromskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Kostroma. Population: 667,562 (2010 Census).[8]
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Kostroma Oblast | |
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Костромская область | |
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Coordinates: 58°33′N 43°41′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Central[1] |
Economic region | Central[2] |
Established | August 13, 1944[3] |
Admeenistrative center | Kostroma |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Oblast Duma[4] |
• Govrenor[5] | Igor Slyunyayev[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 60100 km2 (23,200 sq mi) |
Area rank | 47t |
Population (2010 Census)[8] | |
• Total | 667,562 |
• Estimate (2018)[9] | 643,324 (−3.6%) |
• Rank | 67t |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
• Urban | 69.9% |
• Rural | 30.1% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-KOS |
License plates | 44 |
OKTMO ID | 34000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie[11] |
Website | http://adm44.ru |
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Major historic touns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, an Makaryev. Textile industries hae been developit thare syne the early 18t century. The oblast wis detached frae Yaroslavl Oblast in 1944.
The govrenor o the oblast wis Viktor Shershunov frae 1997 till his daith in a caur crash on September 20, 2007. As o 2011, Igor Slyunyayev is the govrenor.