Pskov Oblast

Pskov Oblast (Roushie: Пско́вская о́бласть, Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Pskov Oblast borders the kintras o Estonie an Latvie, as well as Belaroushie. It is the wastrenmaist federal subject o contiguous Roushie (i.e. excludin the exclave o Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major ceeties are the admeenistrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) an Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000). Aurie: 55,300 square kilometer (21,400 sq mi). Population: 673,423 (2010 Census).^[5]

Pskov Oblast
Oblast
Псковская область
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 57°19′N 29°15′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Northwastren[1]
Economic region	Northwastren[2]
Admeenistrative center	Pskov
Govrenment
• Bodi	Oblast Duma
• Govrenor	Andrey Turchak[3]
Area [4]
• Total	55300 km2 (21,400 sq mi)
Area rank	49t
Population  (2010 Census)[5]
• Total	673,423
• Estimate  (2018)[6]	636,546 (−5.5%)
• Rank	66t
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Urban	70.2%
• Rural	29.8%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [7])
ISO 3166 code	RU-PSK
License plates	60
OKTMO ID	58000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[8]
Website	http://www.pskov.ru/

Natural resources

Ane o the maist important naitural resoorces o Pskov Oblast is firth. Forest takes up tae ane third o the territory o the region. Oweraw stocks o firths as for 1 Januar 2005 wur 331,2 Million cubic meters.^[9]

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Pskov Oblast

Demographics

Population: 673,423 (2010 Census);^[5] 760,810 (2002 Census);^[10] 846,449 (1989 Census).^[11]

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.1 per 1000

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis:^[5]

• 95% Roushie
• 1.3% Ukrainian
• 1% Belaroushies
• 0.5% Roma
• 0.4% Armenie
• 0.1% Estonie
• 1.7% ithers
• 24,630 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.^[12]