Amur Oblast

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Subject of the Russian Federation
Amur Oblast
Амурская область
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Federal district far East
surface 361,913  km²
population 830,103 inhabitants
(as of October 14, 2010)
Population density 2.3 inhabitants / km²
Administrative center Blagoveshchensk
Official language Russian
Ethnic
composition 		Russians (92.0%)
Ukrainians (3.5%)
(as of 2002)
governor Alexander Koslow (acting)
Founded August 2, 1948
(October 20, 1932)
Time zone UTC + 9
Telephone prefixes (+7) 416xx
Postcodes 675000-676999
License Plate 28
OKATO 10
ISO 3166-2 RU-AMU
Website www.amurobl.ru
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Coordinates: 52 ° 56 '  N , 127 ° 18'  E

The Amur Oblast ( Russian Амурская область Amurskaja oblast ) is an oblast (administrative district) in Russia .

The oblast is located in the Far East Federal District on the Chinese border. The Amur River forms this border, its main tributaries in the Oblast are the Seja and Bureja . The Stanovoi Mountains form the border with the Sakha Republic .

history

The Russian colonization but the area began in the 17th century, to a greater extent in the 19th century. Today's capital, Blagoveshchensk , was founded in 1858. It was the capital of the Amur Oblast in the German Empire , and from 1920 to 1922 the area belonged to the Far Eastern Republic . In the RSFSR , after the dissolution of the Amur Oblast from 1922 to 1926, there was an Amur governorate with the capital Blagoveshchensk. A new Amur Oblast was founded on October 20, 1932 as part of the Far Eastern Krai (from 1938 Khabarovsk Krai ); since August 2, 1948 it has been independent.

economy

In terms of natural resources, coal and gold, among other things, are mined; energy production, metal processing and the wood industry are of industrial importance.

The Amur gas processing plant under construction near the town of Svobodny will be one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Administrative divisions and cities

The Amur Oblast is divided into 20 Rajons and 9 urban districts .

The administrative center and only major city is Blagoveshchensk. More than 20,000 inhabitants still have Belogorsk , Swobodny , known for the former rocket launch site of the same name , the “capital of BAM ” Tynda , Seja with the nearby Seja dam and Raichichinsk . There are a total of 10 cities and 15 urban-type settlements .

Biggest cities
Surname Russian Residents
(October 14, 2010)
Blagoveshchensk Благовещенск 214,390
Belogorsk Белогорск 68,249
Svobodny Свободный 58,778
Tynda Тында 36,275
Seja Зея 24,986
Raichichinsk Райчихинск 20,534

population

In the last Russian censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 902,844 and 830,103 residents, respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 72,741 people (−8.1%) in these eight years. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

Population of the oblast by ethnic group
nationality VZ 2002 percent VZ 2010 percent
Russians 831.004 92.04 775,590 93.43
Ukrainians 31,475 3.49 16,636 2.00
Belarusians 7,827 0.87 4.162 0.50
Armenians 4,045 0.45 3,948 0.48
Tatars 4,889 0.54 3,406 0.41
Azerbaijanis 3.213 0.36 2,796 0.34
Korean 697 0.08 1,756 0.21
Evenks 1,501 0.17 1,481 0.18
Uzbeks 687 0.08 1,121 0.14
German 1,760 0.19 1,048 0.13
Residents 902.844 100.00 830.103 100.00

Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information about their ethnic affiliation (2002 1,447 and 2010 7,879 people)

The population of the area today consists almost entirely of Russians. The Ukrainians are the only significant ethnic minority in Amur Oblast.

Web links

Commons : Amur Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie po subʺektam Rossijskoj Federacii na 1 janvarja 2010 goda (administrative-territorial division according to subjects of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2010). ( Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
  2. ↑ a b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)