Astrakhan Oblast

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Astrakhan Oblast (Roushie: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Astrakhan. Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census).[7]

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Astrakhan Oblast
Oblast
Астраханская область
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Coordinates: 47°14′N 47°14′E
KintraRoushie
Federal destrictSoothren[1]
Economic regionVolga[2]
Established27 December 1943
Admeenistrative centerAstrakhan
Govrenment
 • BodiState Duma[3]
 • Govrenor[4]Alexander Zhilkin[5]
Area
 • Total44100 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
Area rank55t
Population
 (2010 Census)[7]
 • Total1,010,073
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
1,017,514 (+0.7%)
 • Rank52nt
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
 • Urban
66.7%
 • Rural
33.3%
Time zoneUTC+4 ([9])
ISO 3166 codeRU-AST
License plates30
OKTMO ID12000000
Offeecial leidsRoushie[10]
Websitehttp://www.astrobl.ru/
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Geography

Astrakhan is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Astrakhan Oblast

Demographics

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Volga Delta in Astrakhan Oblast

Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census);[7] 1,005,276 (2002 Census);[11] 998,114 (1989 Census).[12]

Ethnic groups

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis:[7]

  • Roushie 67.6%
  • Kazakh 16.3%
  • Tatar 6.6%
  • Ukrainian 0.9%
  • Nogay 0.8%
  • Chechen 0.8%
  • Azeri 0.9%
  • Kalmyk 0.7%
  • Armenie 0.6%
  • Roma 0.6%
  • Avar 0.5%
  • Lezgin 0.5%
  • Dargin 0.5%
  • Belarusians 0.3%
  • Others 2.4%
  • 95,217 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.[13]
  • Births (2008): 14,200 (14.2 per 1000)
  • Daiths (2008): 13,660 (13.6 per 1000) Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

History

Astrakhan Govrenorate (guberniya) o the Roushie Empire wis creatit in 22t o the Nowember 1717 year bi Peter the Great. It wis on the soothwastren frontier o the empire an wis kent as Astrakhan krai.

As o 1917, it bordered Saratov, Samara, an Stavropol Govrenorates, Don Cossack Voisko, Ural Cossack Host, Terek Oblast, an the Caspian Sea. It includit the Kalmyk steppe an Kyrgyz steppe.

Syne 1919 the geography o the guberniya/oblast haes been chyngit mony times. It assumed its present form in 1957.

See an aw

  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Muisic o Astrakhan
  • Elections in Astrakhan Oblast

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