Oryol Oblast | |
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| Орловская область | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Central[1] |
| Economic region | Central[2] |
| Administrative center | Oryol |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Council of People's Deputies |
| • Governor | Alexander Kozlov[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,700 km2 (9,500 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 70th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 787,200 |
| • Estimate (2018)[6] | 747,247 (−5.1%) |
| • Rank | 63rd |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65.5% |
| • Rural | 34.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [7]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-ORL |
| License plates | 57 |
| OKTMO ID | 54000000 |
| Official languages | Russian[8] |
| Website | http://www.adm.orel.ru/ |
Oryol Oblast (Russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, Orlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Oryol.
It is located in the southwestern part of the Central Federal District. Kaluga and Tula Oblasts border it in the north, Bryansk Oblast is located to the west, Kursk Oblast—to the south, and Lipetsk Oblast—to the east. From north to south, it extends for more than 150 kilometres (93 mi), and from west to east—for over 200 kilometres (120 mi). It is one of the smallest Russian regions at 24,700 km2, with a population of less than one million, viz 860,000, approximately 62% of which is urban and 38%—rural.[9]
Geography
The oblast lies in the center of the Russian uplands within the steppe. The climate is temperate. The average January temperature is −8 °C (18 °F) and the average July temperature is 18 °C (64 °F). Rainfall averages 490 to 590 mm, and snow cover averages 126 days. There are 4,800 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi) of black earth soils (chernozems) in the oblast, which amounts to three-quarters of the world chernozem reserves.[9]
History
It was created in 1937 out of three other oblasts: Kursk Oblast, Western Oblast, and Voronezh Oblast. It also included present Bryansk Oblast between 1937-1944.
Administrative divisions
Economy
The main industries in Orel Region are the food and light industries, engineering and metalworking, and ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy. The engineering and metalworking industries manufacture production equipment for various industries, forklift trucks, construction and agricultural equipment, and machinery for municipal services. Numerous companies in the instrument-making and electronics sectors maintain high scientific and technical potential with the latest high-end technologies and experienced specialists.[10]
Demographics (2008)
- Births: 8,345 (10.2 per 1000)
- Deaths: 14,116 (17.3 per 1000)[11]
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", No. 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 Oryol Oblast. Alexander Kozlov, Governor of Oryol Oblast Template:Ru icon
- ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). 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.
- ^ http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/Popul2018.xls.
((cite web)): Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ^ a b "Orel Region". Retrieved 2006-11-29.
- ^ Oryol Region
- ^ GKS.ru Template:Ru icon
External links
Media related to Oryol Oblast at Wikimedia Commons- Template:En icon Overview of Oryol Oblast (Kommersant newspaper)
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