Chita Oblast

Coordinates: 52°2′N 113°30′E / 52.033°N 113.500°E / 52.033; 113.500
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Chita Oblast
Oblast of Russia
1937–2008
Flag of Chita
Flag
of Chita
Coat of arms

History 
• Established
26 September 1937
• Disestablished
1 March 2008
Succeeded by
Zabaykalsky Krai
Today part ofRussia
 · Zabaykalsky Krai

Chita Oblast (Russian: Чити́нская о́бласть,

1989 Census).[2]

The oblast was established on September 26, 1937. On March 1, 2008, Chita Oblast merged with Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai.

The territory that made up the former Chita Oblast was first explored by

Far East Republic, which merged with Russia in November 1922, a month before the USSR
was constituted.

The oblast was rich in ferrous, non-ferrous, rare, and precious metals,

timber. It also had advanced light and food industries. Local agriculture focused on cattle, sheep, and reindeer
breeding.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Birth rate: Quite high at 13.77 (2004), but still there were more deaths than births (2005 official figures).

The population were mostly

Dargwa
(0.05%).

In 2007, Chita Oblast recorded a small natural population increase (+0.03% without taking any migration into account), becoming one of the only two Russian federal subjects to reverse its population decline in 2007. The other federal subject was Kamchatka Oblast, with a NGPR of +0.005%. Chita Oblast is one of only twenty Russian federal subjects to have a positive natural growth of population. [2] [3] But population of Chita actually decreased in 2007 due to very heavy emigration.

Vital Statistics for 2007:

Source

  • Birth Rate: 14.63 per 1000
  • Death Rate: 14.33 per 1000
  • Net Immigration: -3.2 per 1000
  • NGR: +0.03% per Year
  • PGR: -0.29% per Year

References

  1. [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

52°2′N 113°30′E / 52.033°N 113.500°E / 52.033; 113.500