Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast (Roushie: Ту́льская о́бласть, Tulskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) wi its present borders formit on September 26, 1937. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Tula. The oblast haes an aurie o 25,700 square kilometer (9,900 sq mi) an a population o 1,553,925 (2010 Census preliminary results).^[5] The current govrenor o the oblast is Vladimir Gruzdev.

Tula Oblast
Oblast
Тульская область
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Coordinates: 53°55′N 37°35′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Central[1]
Economic region	Central[2]
Established	26 September 1937
Administrative center	Tula
Govrenment
• Bodi	Oblast Duma
• Govrenor	Vladimir Gruzdev[3]
Area [4]
• Total	25700 km2 (9,900 sq mi)
Area rank	69t
Population  (2010 Census)[5]
• Total	1,553,925
• Estimate  (2018)[6]	1,491,855 (−4%)
• Rank	27t
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	79.4%
• Rural	20.6%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [7])
ISO 3166 code	RU-TUL
License plates	71
OKTMO ID	70000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[8]
Website	http://www.admportal.tula.ru/

Demographics

Population: 1,553,925 (2010 Census);^[5] 1,675,758 (2002 Census);^[9] 1,867,013 (1989 Census).^[10]

Ethnic composition (2010):^[5]

• Roushies - 95.3%
• Ukrainians - 1%
• Armenies - 0.6%
• Tatars - 0.5%
• Azeris - 0.4%
• Romani fowk - 0.3%
• Belaroushies - 0.2%
• Germans - 0.2%
• Ithers - 1.5%
• 19,778 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.^[11]
• 2002 Census population:
  • Urban: 1,366,818 (81.6%)
  • Rural: 308,940 (18.4%)
  • Males: 755,057 (45.1%)
  • Females: 920,701 (54.9%)
• Females per 1000 Males: 1219
• Average age : 41.7 year
  • Urban : 41.5 year
  • Rural : 42.8 year
  • Male : 37.8 year
  • Female : 44.9 year

Birth rate: 7.88 (2004), bein the lawest in Roushie. Decreased tae 7.6 in mid-2006.

• Births (2008): 14,148
• Daiths (2008): 31,900 ^[12]