Omsk Oblast
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| Omsk Oblast (English) Омская область (Russian) |
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.svg/200px-Map_of_Russia_-_Omsk_Oblast_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of Omsk Oblast in Russia |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Omsk Oblast |
 Flag of Omsk Oblast |
| Anthem: Anthem of Omsk Oblast | |
| Administrative center | Omsk |
| Established | December 7, 1934 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Siberian West Siberian |
| Code | 55 |
| Area | |
| Area - Rank within Russia |
139,700 km² 28th |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
2,079,220 inhabitants 25th 14.9 inhab. / km² 68.7% 31.3% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Leonid Polezhayev |
| Chairman of the Government | Leonid Polezhayev |
| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly |
| Charter | Charter of Omsk Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.omskportal.ru/ | |
Omsk Oblast (Russian: О́мская о́бласть, Omskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. It has an area of 139,700 km² and a population of 2,079,220 (2002 Census);[1] , with 1.1 million living in Omsk, the administrative center.
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[edit] Geography
Omsk Oblast is bordered by Kazakhstan in the south, Tyumen Oblast in the west and on the north, and Novosibirsk and Tomsk Oblasts in the east.
Its territory stretches for 600 km in the north-south direction and for 300 km in the east-west direction. The major water artery is the navigable Irtysh River.
[edit] Time zone
Omsk Oblast is located in the Omsk Time Zone (OMST/OMSST). UTC offset is +0600 (OMST)/+0700 (OMSST).
[edit] Climate
The climate is continental. Average January temperatures range from -42° to -30°C. Summers are hot. Average July temperatures range from +28° to +25°C, and can reach up to +35° and even +40°C. There are many sunny days.
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2002 Census the national composition was • 83.47% Russian • 3.93% Kazakh • 3.74% Ukrainian • 3.67% German • 2.30% Tatar • 0.44% Belarusians • 0.32% Armenian • 0.20% Azeri • 0.20% Chuvash • 0.15% Estonian • 0.14% Polish • 0.12% Jewish • 0.11% Roma • and 0.11% Latvian • with many other groups of less than two thousand persons each. • An additional 0.16% of residents declined to state their ethnicity on the census questionnaire. [2]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Omsk Oblast information portal
[edit] References
- ^ 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) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ (2002). "National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation" (XLS). . 2002 Russian All-Population Census Retrieved on 2006-07-20.
