Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast
Архангельская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —

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Arkhangelsk Oblast, with the constituent Nenets Autonomous Okrug highlighted in light red
Coordinates: 63°30′N 43°00′E / 63.500°N 43.000°E / 63.500; 43.000
Political status
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorthwestern[2]
Economic regionNorthern[3]
EstablishedSeptember 23, 1937[4]
Administrative centerArkhangelsk
Government (as of August 2010)
 • Governor[6]Alexander Tsybulsky[5]
 • LegislatureAssembly of Deputies[7]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[8]
 • Total587,400 km2 (226,800 sq mi)
Area rank8th
Population (2010 Census)[9][10]
 • Total1,185,536
 • Rank43rd
 • Density[11]2.02/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
 • Urban76.0%
 • Rural24.0%
Population (January 2016 est.)
 • Total1,130,240[12]
Time zone(s)MSK (UTC+04:00)
ISO 3166-2RU-ARK
License plates29
Official languagesRussian[13]
Official website

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is one of the federal subjects of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. The capital and largest city of Arkhangelsk Oblast is Arkhangelsk, a port city on the White Sea. Arkhangelsk Oblast also includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and the Solovetsky Islands. The Nenets Autonomous Okrug is also officially a part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, even though it is administered separately. Arkhangelsk Oblast as it is today was created in 1937. The population of Arkhangelsk Oblast was 1,227,626 as of the 2010 census.[9]

  1. Law #413-21-OZ
  2. 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.).
  3. 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. ).
  4. "Административно-территориальное деление Архангельской губернии в XVIII-XX вв" (in Russian). Архивы России. 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  5. Official website of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Igor Orlov Archived December 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (in Russian)
  6. Charter, Chapter V
  7. Charter, Chapter IV
  8. 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)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  9. 9.0 9.1 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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  10. both the total population and the percentages are given without the Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  11. The density value was calculated by dividing the population reported by the 2010 Census by the area shown in the "Area" field. 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 population.
  12. Arkhangelsk Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Оценка численности населения на 1 января 2016 г. Archived March 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  13. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.

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