Kemerovo Oblast
| Kemerovo Oblast (English) Кемеровская область (Russian) |
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 Coat of arms of Kemerovo Oblast |
 Flag of Kemerovo Oblast |
| Anthem | None |
| Political status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal district | Siberian[1] |
| Economic region | West Siberian[2] |
| Administrative center | Kemerovo |
| Official language | Russian[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2002 Census)[4] | 2,899,142 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 14th |
| - Urban[4] | 86.7% |
| - Rural[4] | 13.3% |
| - Density | 30.36 /km2 (78.6 /sq mi)[5] |
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6] | 95,500 km2 (36,872.8 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 34th |
| Established | January 26, 1943[7] |
| License plates | 42 |
| ISO 3166-2:RU | RU-KEM |
| Time zone | OMST/OMSST (UTC+6/+7)[8] |
| Government (as of October 2009) | |
| Governor[9] | Aman Tuleyev[10] |
| Legislature | Council of People's Deputies[11] |
| Charter | Charter of Kemerovo Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.ako.ru/ | |
Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, Kemerovskaya oblast), often called Kuzbass (Кузба́сс) after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in south-western Siberia, where the West-Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains. The oblast, which covers an area of 95,500 square kilometers (36,872.8 sq mi),[6] shares a border with Tomsk Oblast in the north, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Khakassia in the east, Altai Republic in the south, and Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai in the west. Its population is predominantly ethnic Russian, but Ukrainians, Tatars, and Chuvash also live in the region.
The climate of the Kemerovo Oblast is continental: winters are cold and long, summers are warm, but short. The average January temperature -17 ... -20 °C, July - +17 ... +18 °C. Average annual precipitation ranges from 300 mm on the plains and the foothills of up to 1000 mm or more in mountainous areas. The duration of the frost-free period lasts 100 days in the north area up to 120 days in the south of the Kuznetsk Basin.
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History
The oblast was established on January 26, 1943,[7] but it has considerably older antecedents. The oldest city in Kemerovo Oblast is Novokuznetsk, founded in 1618, soon after Cossack ataman Yermak's push into Siberia. Novokuznetsk is also the largest city in the oblast, exceeding even the administrative center, Kemerovo, in terms of size. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities.
Economy
Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most important industrial regions, with some of the world's largest deposits of coal. The south of the region is dominated by metallurgy and the mining industry, as well as mechanical engineering and chemical production. The Evraz Group and an ore subsidiary Evrazruda operate iron ore mining and processing facilities along with the Raspadskaya and Yuzhkuzbassugol coal and coking coal mines there. The north area of the region is more agricultural. The region has a dense railway network, including the Trans-Siberian Railway, which passes through the oblast.
Honors
A minor planet 2140 Kemerovo discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Kemerovo Oblast.[12]
Administrative divisions
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).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Charter, Article 2.1
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №740 от 14 сентября 2009 г. «О применении на территории Кемеровской области времени пятого часового пояса». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #740 of September 14, 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
- ↑ Charter, Article 9.2
- ↑ Official website of the Administration of Kemerovo Oblast. Aman-Geldy Moldagazyyevich Tuleyev, Governor of Kemerovo Oblast
- ↑ Charter, Article 9.1
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 173. ISBN 3540002383. http://books.google.com/books?q=2132+Zhukov+TW3.
Sources
- Законодательное Собрание Кемеровской области. №10-ОЗ 9 апреля 1997 г. «Устав Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №71-ОЗ от 29 июня 2009 г. «О внесении поправок в Устав Кемеровской области». Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №102, 11 июня 1997 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast. #10-OZ April 9, 1997 Charter of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #71-OZ of June 29, 2009 On Introducing Amendments into the Charter of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
See also
- Geography of South-Central Siberia