Astrakhan Oblast
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Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, romanized: Astrakhanskaya oblastʹ; Kazakh: Астрахан облысы, romanized: Astrakhan oblysy) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073.[12]
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Astrakhan Oblast | |
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Астраханская область | |
Coordinates: 47°14′N 47°14′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Southern[1] |
Economic region | Volga[2] |
Administrative center | Astrakhan[3] |
Government | |
• Body | Oblast Duma[4] |
• Governor[5] | Igor Babushkin[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 49,024 km2 (18,928 sq mi) |
• Rank | 55th |
Population | |
• Total | 960,142
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• Estimate (2018)[9] | 1,017,514 |
• Rank | 78th |
• Urban | 64.4% |
• Rural | 35.6% |
Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [10]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-AST |
License plates | 30 |
OKTMO ID | 12000000 |
Official languages | Russian[11] |
Website | http://www.astrobl.ru/ |
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