Penza Oblast
federal subject of Russia
Penza Oblast (Russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, Penzenskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.
| Penza Oblast Пензенская область (Russian) | |||
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Anthem: Anthem of Penza Oblast[1] | |||
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Coordinates: 53°15′N 44°34′E / 53.250°N 44.567°E | |||
| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Volga[2] | ||
| Economic region | Volga[3] | ||
| Administrative center | Penza | ||
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| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
| Official languages | Russian[4] | ||
Geography change
Penza Oblast has over 3000 rivers; the overall length is 15,458 km. In the waters of the Oblast, there are about 50 species of fish.
History change
The regional center of Penza was built in 1663 as a Russian fortress.
Economy change
Penza Oblast is a part of the Volga economic region.
People change
Population of this oblast: 1,386,186 (2010).[5]
Ethnic composition (2010):[5]
Notable people change
Related pages change
References change
- ↑ Law #828-ZPO
- ↑ 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.).
- ↑ 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. ).
- ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.