Altai Krai

Altai Krai (Russian: Алтайский край, romanized: Altaysky kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The administrative center is the city of Barnaul. As of the 2010 Census, 2,163,693 people lived in krai.^[7]

Altai Krai Алтайский край (Russian)
—  Krai  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of the Altai Krai
Coordinates: 52°46′N 82°37′E
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Siberian[1]
Economic region	West Siberian[2]
Established	September 28, 1937[3]
Administrative center	Barnaul
Government (as of October 2014)
• Governor[4]	Viktor Tomenko
• Legislature	Legislative Assembly[5]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6]
• Total	169,100 km2 (65,300 sq mi)
Area rank	22nd
• Urban	54.7%
• Rural	45.3%
Population (January 2014 est.)
• Total	2,390,638[7]
Time zone(s)	OMST (UTC+07:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-ALT
License plates	22
Official languages	Russian[8]
Official website