Orenburg Oblast

Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Orenburg. Frae 1938 tae 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast (Чка́ловская о́бласть) in honour o Valery Chkalov. Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census).

Orenburg Oblast
Oblast
Оренбургская область
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 52°08′N 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E / 52.133; 55.600 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E / 52.133; 55.600
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Volga
Economic region	Urals
Established	7 December 1934
Admeenistrative center	Orenburg
Govrenment
• Bodi	Legislative Assembly
• Govrenor	Yury Berg
Area
• Total	124000 km2 (48,000 sq mi)
Area rank	29t
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	2,033,072
• Estimate  (2018)	1,977,720 (−2.7%)
• Rank	23rd
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Urban	59.7%
• Rural	40.3%
Time zone	UTC+5 ()
ISO 3166 code	RU-ORE
License plates	56
OKTMO ID	53000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie
Website	http://www.orb.ru/

The maist important river o the oblast is the Ural.

Orenburg is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census); 2,179,551 (2002 Census); 2,174,459 (1989 Census).

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition o the oblast wis as follaes:

• Roushies: 75.9%
• Tatars: 7.6%
• Kazakhs: 6%
• Ukrainians: 2.5%
• Bashkirs: 2.3%
• Mordvinians: 1.9%
• Germans: 0.6%
• Chuvash: 0.6%
• Belaroushies: 0.3%
• Azeris: 0.4%
• ither groups, nane mair nor 0.2% o the population
• 30,449 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

 

The main releegion is Orthodox Christianity, while a minority is Muslim.

Orenburg Oblast is ane o the major agricultural auries o Roushie. Its climate is favorable for fermin: humid spring, dry simmer an a lairge nummer o sunny days mak perfect conditions for cultivatin haurd wheat an rye, sunflowers, potatoes, peases, beans, corn, an gourds.

The range o the oblast's export commodities includes: ile an ile products, gas an gas producit products, rolled ferrous an nan-ferrous metals, nickel, asbestos, chromium compunds, rough copper, electric ingines, radiators, products o machine-biggin industry.