Astrakhan Oblast
| Astrakhan Oblast (English) Астраханская область (Russian) |
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 Coat of arms of Astrakhan Oblast |
 Flag of Astrakhan Oblast |
| Anthem | none |
| Political status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal district | Southern[1] |
| Economic region | Volga[2] |
| Administrative center | Astrakhan |
| Official language | Russian[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2002 Census)[4] | 1,005,276 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 55th |
| - Urban[4] | 67.7% |
| - Rural[4] | 32.3% |
| - Density | 22.8 /km2 (59 /sq mi)[5] |
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6] | 44,100 km2 (17,027.1 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 55th |
| Established | December 27, 1943 |
| License plates | 30 |
| ISO 3166-2:RU | RU-AST |
| Time zone | MSK/MSD (UTC+3/+4) |
| Government (as of July 2009) | |
| Governor[7] | Alexander Zhilkin[8] |
| Legislature | State Duma[9] |
| Charter | Charter of Astrakhan Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.astrobl.ru/ | |
Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan.
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Geography
Astrakhan is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Population:
1,005,276 (2002 Census); 998,114 (1989 Census)
Ethnic groups:
According to the 2002 Census the ethnic composition was • Russian 69.69% • Kazakh 14.21% • Tatar 7.02% • Ukrainian 1.25% • Chechen 1.00% • Azeri 0.82% • Kalmyk 0.71% • Armenian 0.63% • Nogay 0.45% • Roma 0.43% • Avar 0.42% • Lezgin 0.36% • Dargin 0.35% • Belarusians 0.26% • Turkmen 0.21% • Korean 0.21% • Astrakhan Tatar 0.20% • German 0.14% • Kumyks 0.14% • Georgian 0.12% • Chuvash 0.12% • Turkish 0.11% • Uzbek 0.10% • Jewish 0.10% • Mordvin 0.09% • Tabasaran 0.08% • with many other groups of less than eight hundred persons each. • An additional 0.29% of residents declined to state their ethnicity on the census questionnaire.[10]
- Births (2008): 14,200 (14.2 per 1000)
- Deaths (2008): 13,660 (13.6 per 1000) [1]
Religion
A majority of the population (primarily ethnic Russians) adheres to Orthodox Christianity. There is also a significant Muslim minority, constituting around 25% of the population who are mainly Kazakh and Tatar.
History
Astrakhan Governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire was created in 1717. It was on the southwestern frontier of the empire and was known as Astrakhan krai.
As of 1917, it bordered Saratov, Samara, and Stavropol Governorates, Don Cossack Voisko, Ural Cossack Host, Terek Oblast, and the Caspian Sea. It included the Kalmyk steppe and Kyrgyz steppe.
Since 1919 the geography of the guberniya/oblast has been changed many times. It assumed its present form in 1957.
See also
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Music of Astrakhan
- Elections in Astrakhan Oblast
References
- ↑ 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. ).
- ↑ According to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia, Russian is the official language on the whole territory of the Russian Federation. Article 68.2 further stipulates that only the republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2002 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. 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 Census (2002).
- ↑ 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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ↑ Charter, Article 22
- ↑ Official website of Astrakhan Oblast. Biography of Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin, the Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (Russian)
- ↑ Charter, Article 15
- ↑ (XLS) National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation. 2002 Russian All-Population Census. 2002. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
Sources
- Государственная Дума Астраханской области. №21/2007-ОЗ 9 апреля 2007 г. «Устав Астраханской области», в ред. Закона №27/2009-ОЗ от 8 мая 2009 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. #21/2007-OZ April 9, 2007 Charter of Astrakhan Oblast, as amended by the Law #27/2009-OZ of May 8, 2009. ).
- "Astrakhan Oblast. A Reference on Administrative-Territorial Subdivision, 1918-1983", Volgograd, 1984, in Russian. ("Астраханская область. Справочник по административно-территориальному делению, 1918-1983 гг." Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1984. – 336 с.)
External links
- (Russian) Official website of Astrakhan Oblast
- (Russian) The Book of Memory of Victims of Political Represions of Astrakhan Oblast, a list of 10,955 names repressed in Astrakhan Oblast in 1918-1986.