Astrakhan Oblast

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]

Astrakhan Oblast
Oblast
Астраханская область
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: none
Coordinates: 47°14′N 47°14′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Soothren[1]
Economic region	Volga[2]
Established	27 December 1943
Admeenistrative center	Astrakhan
Govrenment
• Bodi	State Duma[3]
• Govrenor[4]	Alexander Zhilkin[5]
Area [6]
• Total	44100 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
Area rank	55t
Population  (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	1,010,073
• Estimate  (2018)[8]	1,017,514 (+0.7%)
• Rank	52nt
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Urban	66.7%
• Rural	33.3%
Time zone	UTC+4 ([9])
ISO 3166 code	RU-AST
License plates	30
OKTMO ID	12000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[10]
Website	http://www.astrobl.ru/

Geography

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

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Astrakhan Oblast

Demographics

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