Krasnodar Krai

administrative division (krai) in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia

Krasnodar Krai is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) in the North Caucasus region. It is a part of the Southern Federal District. Its center is the city of Krasnodar. There were 5,838,273 people living there at the 2021 Census.

Krasnodar Krai
Краснодарский край (Russian)
—  Krai  —

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Coordinates: 45°22′N 39°26′E / 45.367°N 39.433°E / 45.367; 39.433
Political status
CountryRussia
Federal districtSouthern[2]
Economic regionNorth Caucasus[3]
EstablishedSeptember 13, 1937[4]
Administrative centerKrasnodar
Government (as of September 2014)
 • Governor[6]Veniamin Kondratev[5]
 • LegislatureLegislative Assembly[7]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[8]
 • Total76,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi)
Area rank42nd
 • Urban52.9%
 • Rural47.1%
Population (2017 est.)
 • Total5,570,945[9]
Time zone(s)MSK (UTC+04:00)
ISO 3166-2RU-KDA
License plates23, 93, 123, 193
Official languagesRussian[10]
Official website

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References

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  1. Law #5-KZ
  2. Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  3. Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  4. Azarenkova et al., p. 114
  5. Official website of Krasnodar Krai. Biography of Alexander Nikolayevich Tkachyov Archived August 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (in Russian)
  6. Charter of Krasnodar Krai, Article 39
  7. Charter of Krasnodar Krai, Chapter 24
  8. Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  9. Rosstat. [1] Archived August 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  10. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.