Novgorod Oblast

Novgorod Oblast Новгородская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°26′N 32°23′E / 58.433°N 32.383°E / 58.433; 32.383
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Northwestern[1]
Economic region	Northwestern[2]
Administrative center	Veliky Novgorod
Government (as of March 2014)
• Governor[4]	Andrey Nikitin[3]
• Legislature	Oblast Duma[5]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6]
• Total	55,300 km2 (21,400 sq mi)
Area rank	48th
Population (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	634,111
• Rank	69th
• Density[8]	11.47/km2 (29.7/sq mi)
• Urban	70.6%
• Rural	29.4%
Population (2013 est.)
• Total	625,855[9]
Time zone(s)	MSK (UTC+04:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-NGR
License plates	53
Official languages	Russian[10]
[www.novreg.ru Official website]

Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть, Novgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are in the oblast. The historic monuments of Veliky Novgorod and surroundings have been made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Population: 634,111 (2010 Census).^[7]

1. ↑ 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.).
2. ↑ 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. ).
3. ↑ Official website of Novgorod Oblast. Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin, Acting Governor of Novgorod Oblast Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
4. ↑ Charter of Novgorod Oblast, Article 42
5. ↑ Charter of Novgorod Oblast, Article 16
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 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.
8. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ Novgorod Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность мужчин и женщин (PDF) (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
10. ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.