Murmansk Oblast
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Murmansk Oblast[lower-alpha 1] is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of 144,900 square kilometres (55,900 sq mi). Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, as well is bordered internationally by Finland to the west and Norway to the northwest and the Barents Sea lies to the north and White Sea lies to the south and east. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409,[7] but at the 2021 Census this had declined to 667,744.[13]
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Murmansk Oblast | |
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Мурманская область | |
Anthem: Anthem of Murmansk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 68°02′N 34°34′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Northwestern[1] |
Economic region | Northern[2] |
Administrative center | Murmansk |
Government | |
• Body | Oblast Duma[3] |
• Governor[4] | Andrey Chibis[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 144,902 km2 (55,947 sq mi) |
• Rank | 26th |
Population | |
• Total | 667,744 |
• Estimate (2018)[8] | 753,557 |
• Rank | 62nd |
• Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Urban | 93.1% |
• Rural | 6.9% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [9]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-MUR |
License plates | 51 |
OKTMO ID | 47000000 |
Official languages | Russian[10] |
Website | http://www.gov-murman.ru/ |
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