Tula Oblast
Subject of the Russian Federation
Tula Oblast
Тульская область
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Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ' N , 37 ° 23' E
The Tula Oblast ( Russian Тульская область / Tulskaja oblast ) is an oblast in western Russia , around 200 km south of Moscow.
The oblast is located on the southern edge of the Moscow industrial area. It is one of the most industrialized areas in the country. The most important branches of industry are lignite mining , the food processing industry and mechanical engineering.
population
In the last censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 1,675,758 and 1,553,925 residents respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 121,833 people (−7.27%) in these eight years. In 2010, 1,233,689 people lived in cities. This corresponds to 79.39% of the population (in Russia 73%). By January 1, 2014, the population continued to decrease to 1,521,497 people. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:
nationality | VZ 1989 | percent | VZ 2002 | percent | VZ 2010 | percent |
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Russians | 1,774,939 | 95.35 | 1,595,564 | 95.21 | 1,462,184 | 94.10 |
Ukrainians | 36,264 | 1.95 | 22,260 | 1.33 | 15,027 | 0.97 |
Armenians | 1,394 | 0.07 | 6,507 | 0.39 | 9,145 | 0.59 |
Tatars | 9,551 | 0.51 | 8,968 | 0.54 | 7,878 | 0.51 |
Azerbaijanis | 2.006 | 0.11 | 4,491 | 0.27 | 5,629 | 0.36 |
Zigane | 2,296 | 0.12 | 3,843 | 0.23 | 4.043 | 0.26 |
Belarusians | 9,928 | 0.53 | 5,974 | 0.36 | 3,645 | 0.23 |
Uzbeks | 790 | 0.04 | 782 | 0.05 | 3,263 | 0.21 |
German | 7,049 | 0.38 | 4,689 | 0.28 | 2,718 | 0.17 |
Moldovans | 1.912 | 0.10 | 1,656 | 0.10 | 2.128 | 0.14 |
Residents | 1,861,411 | 100.00 | 1,675,758 | 100.00 | 1,553,925 | 100.00 |
Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information on their ethnic affiliation (4,312 in 2002 and 19,778 in 2010)
The area's population is around 95% Russian. Ukrainians are the only significant ethnic minority in Tula Oblast. Other larger ethnic groups traditionally settling there are the Jews (1959: 4,951; 2010: 838 people), Russian Germans (1959: still 12,928), Tatars (1959: 15,431) and Belarusians (1959: 11,032). However, their numbers are falling sharply. By contrast, tens of thousands of people have immigrated from the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Central Asia since the end of the Second World War. In addition to the nationalities listed above, there are also many Tajiks (1959: 0; 2010: 1837 people), Georgians (1959: 403; 2010: 1,807) and Yazidis (1959: 0; 2010: 1,075).
Administrative division and largest places
The Tula Oblast is divided into 19 Rajons and 7 urban districts. Its administrative center Tula has almost 500,000 inhabitants, other important cities are Novomoskovsk , Donskoi , Alexin , Shchokino and Uslowaya . There are a total of 19 cities and 11 urban-type settlements in the Oblast .
Surname | Russian | Residents (October 14, 2010) |
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Tula | Тула | 501.169 |
Novomoskovsk | Новомосковск | 131,386 |
Donskoy | Donskoy | 64,552 |
Alexin | Алексин | 61,732 |
Shchokino | Щёкино | 58,139 |
Uzlovaya | Узловая | 55,282 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Nacional'nyj sostav naselenija po sub "ektam Rossijskoj Federacii. (XLS) In: Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Rosstat, accessed on June 30, 2016 (Russian, ethnic composition of the population according to federal subjects , results of the 2010 census).