Kalmykie
The Republic o Kalmykie (Roushie: Респу́блика Калмы́кия, Respublika Kalmykiya; Modren Oirat: Хальмг Таңһч, Hal'mg Tanghch) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic).
Population: 289,481 (2010 Census).
Republic o Kalmykie | |
|---|---|
| Республика Калмыкия | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kalmyk | Хальмг Таңһч |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Anthem: Naitional Anthem o Kalmykie | |
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| Coordinates: 46°34′N 45°19′E / 46.567°N 45.317°E 45°19′E / 46.567°N 45.317°E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal destrict | Soothren |
| Economic region | Volga |
| Established | 9 Januar 1957 |
| Caipital | Elista |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Fowkkhural (Parliament) |
| • Heid | Alexey Orlov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76100 km2 (29,400 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 41st |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 289,481 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 275,413 (−4.9%) |
| • Rank | 78t |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44.1% |
| • Rural | 55.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KL |
| License plates | 08 |
| OKTMO ID | 85000000 |
| Offeecial leids | Roushie; Kalmyk |
| Website | http://kalm.ru |
It is the anerlie Buddhist region in Europe. It haes an aw become weel kent as an internaitional chess mecca acause its umwhile Preses, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the heid o the Internaitional Chess Federation (FIDE).
Geography
- Aurie: 76,100 square kilometer (29,400 sq mi)
- Borders:
- internal: Volgograd Oblast (NW/N), Astrakhan Oblast (N/NE/E), Dagestan (S), Stavropol Krai (SW), Rostov Oblast (W)
- watter: Caspian Sea (SE)
- Maximum north-sooth distance: 448 km (278 mi)
- Maximum east-wast distance: 423 km (263 mi)
Kalmykia is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.
References
Sources
- 5 апреля 1994 г. «Степное Уложение (Конституция) Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Закона №386-III-З от 20 декабря 2007 г. (April 5, 1994 Steppe Code (Constitution) of the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Law #386-III-Z of December 20, 2007. ).
Freemit airtins
| Wiki Commons haes media relatit tae Kalmykia. |
- News o Kalmykie (also in Roushie/Inglis Archived 2011-03-12 at the Wayback Machine)
- Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Kalmykie Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (an aw in Roushie Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine)
- Official website of the Kalmyk diplomatic representation at the President of the Russian Federation (in Inglis)(in Roushie)
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