Astrakhan Oblast
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Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, romanized: Astrakhanskaya oblast; 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]
Astrakhan Oblast | |
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| Астраханская область | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| 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 | 44,100 km2 (17,000 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 55th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 960,142 |
| • Estimate (2018)[9] | 1,017,514 |
| • Rank | 78th |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| 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/ |
