Samara Oblast
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Samara Oblast (Roushie: Сама́рская о́бласть, Samarskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It is locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its admieenistrative center is the ceety o Samara. In 1936–1990, it wis kent as Kuybyshev Oblast (Ку́йбышевская о́бласть), efter the Soviet name o Samara (Kuybyshev).
Samara Oblast | |
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| Самарская область | |
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| Coordinates: 53°27′N 50°27′E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal destrict | Volga[1] |
| Economic region | Volga[2] |
| Established | 14 Mey 1928 |
| Admeenistrative center | Samara |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Oblast Duma |
| • Govrenor | Nikolay Merkushkin (Actin) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53600 km2 (20,700 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 50t |
| Population (2010 Census)[4] | |
| • Total | 3,215,532 |
| • Estimate (2018)[5] | 3,193,514 (−0.7%) |
| • Rank | 11t |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 80.2% |
| • Rural | 19.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ([6]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-SAM |
| License plates | 63, 163 |
| OKTMO ID | 36000000 |
| Offeecial leids | Roushie[7] |
| Website | http://www.adm.samara.ru/ |
Admeenistrative diveesions
Demographics
Population: 3,215,700 (2010 Census);[4] 3,239,737 (2002 Census);[8]
Ethnic groups: Accordin tae the 2002 Census the ethnic makeup o the region wis • 2,708,549 Roushies (83.60%) • 127,931 Tatars (3.95%) • 101,358 Chuvash (3.13%) • 86,000 Mordvins (2.65%) • 60,727 Ukrainians (1.87%) • 21,566 Armenians (0.67%) • 15,046 Azeris (0.46%) • 14,918 Kazakhs (0.46%) • 14,082 Belarusians (0.43%) • 9,569 Germans (0.30%) • 7,885 Bashkirs (0.24%) • 6,384 Jews (0.20%) • 5,438 Uzbeks (0.17%) • 5,244 Roma (0.16%) • 4,624 Tajiks (0.14%) • 3,889 Mari (0.12%) • 3,518 Georgians (0.11%) • 2,364 Moldovans (0.07%) • an various ither groups o less nor twa thoosan fowk each. • An additional 22,489 residents declined tae state thair naitionality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.[9]
- Births (2008): 36,439 (11.5 per 1000) [10]
- Daiths (2008): 48,593 (15.3 per 1000)
Economy
In 1997, Samara Oblast became ane o the few regions tae receive the appruival o the Preses o Roushie tae implement external bondit loans (Presidential decree № 1212, datit 12.10.1997 “On Creating Conditions to Conduct Loans Operations on the Internal and External Capital Markets”).
Govrenment
Govrenors:
- Konstantin Titov (1991—2007)
- Vladimir Artyakov (syne 2007)
Sister destrict
References
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