Kalmykie

The Republic o Kalmykie (Roushie: Респу́блика Калмы́кия, Respublika Kalmykiya; Modren Oirat: Хальмг Таңһч, Hal'mg Tanghch) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Population: 289,481 (2010 Census).^[6]

Republic o Kalmykie
Republic
Республика Калмыкия
Other transcription(s)
• Kalmyk	Хальмг Таңһч
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: Naitional Anthem o Kalmykie
Coordinates: 46°34′N 45°19′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Soothren[1]
Economic region	Volga[2]
Established	9 Januar 1957
Caipital	Elista
Govrenment
• Bodi	Fowkkhural (Parliament)[3]
• Heid[3]	Alexey Orlov[4]
Area [5]
• Total	76100 km2 (29,400 sq mi)
Area rank	41st
Population  (2010 Census)[6]
• Total	289,481
• Estimate  (2018)[7]	275,413 (−4.9%)
• Rank	78t
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi)
• Urban	44.1%
• Rural	55.9%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [8])
ISO 3166 code	RU-KL
License plates	08
OKTMO ID	85000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie;[9] Kalmyk[10]
Website	http://kalm.ru

It is the anerlie Buddhist region in Europe.^[11] It haes an aw become weel kent as an internaitional chess mecca acause its umwhile Preses, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the heid o the Internaitional Chess Federation (FIDE).

Geography

• Aurie: 76,100 square kilometer (29,400 sq mi)
• Borders:
  • internal: Volgograd Oblast (NW/N), Astrakhan Oblast (N/NE/E), Dagestan (S), Stavropol Krai (SW), Rostov Oblast (W)
  • watter: Caspian Sea (SE)
• Maximum north-sooth distance: 448 km (278 mi)
• Maximum east-wast distance: 423 km (263 mi)

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