Volgograd Oblast
federal subject of Russia
Volgograd Oblast (Russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, Volgogradskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The population of the oblast was 2,610,161 in the 2010 Census.[6]
| Volgograd Oblast Волгоградская область (Russian) | |||
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Coordinates: 49°44′N 44°07′E / 49.733°N 44.117°E | |||
| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Southern[1] | ||
| Economic region | Volga[2] | ||
| Established | December 5, 1936 | ||
| Administrative center | Volgograd | ||
| Government (as of August 2014) | |||
| • Governor[4] | Andrey Bocharov[3] | ||
| • Legislature | Oblast Duma[4] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[5] | |||
| • Total | 113,900 km2 (44,000 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 31st | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[6] | |||
| • Total | 2,610,161 | ||
| • Rank | 18th | ||
| • Density[7] | 22.92/km2 (59.4/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 76.0% | ||
| • Rural | 24.0% | ||
| Population (January 2014 est.) | |||
| • Total | 2,569,126[8] | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-VGG | ||
| License plates | 34, 134 | ||
| Official languages | Russian[9] | ||
| Official website | |||
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References
change- ↑ 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 website of Volgograd Oblast. Andrey Ivanovich Bocharov, Acting Governor of Volgograd Oblast (in Russian)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Charter of Volgograd Oblast, Article 7
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ The density value was calculated by dividing the population reported by the 2010 Census by the area shown in the "Area" field. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the population.
- ↑ Volgograd Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Оценка численности постоянного населения Волгоградской области на 1 января 2014 года и в среднем за 2013 год (in Russian)
- ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
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