Orenburg Oblast

Coordinates: 52°08′N 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E / 52.133; 55.600
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Orenburg Oblast
Oblast
Оренбургская область
2021 Census)[5]
 • Total1,862,767
ISO 3166 codeRU-ORE
License plates56, 156
OKTMO ID53000000
Official languagesRussian[8]
Websitehttp://www.orb.ru/

Orenburg Oblast (

city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast (Russian: Чка́ловская о́бласть) in honor of Valery Chkalov. Population: 1,862,767 (2021 Census).[9]

The House of the Soviets (oblast administrative centre)

Geography

Orenburg Oblast's internal borders are with the republics of

Ural and the largest lake Shalkar-Yega-Kara. Orenburg is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. The highest point of the oblast is the 668 m (2,192 ft)-high Nakas.[10]

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Orenburg Oblast

Demographics

Population: 1,862,767 (

1989 Census).[13]

Ethnic composition (2021)[14]

Ethnic group Population Percentage
Russians 1,380,674 79.3%
Tatars 116,605 6.7%
Kazakhs 107,734 6.2%
Bashkirs 36,181 2.1%
Mordvins 18,300 1.1%
Ukrainians 16,639 1.0%
Others 65,056 3.7%
Ethnicity not stated 121,578 —

Vital statistics for 2022:[15][16]

  • Births: 16,216 (8.4 per 1,000)
  • Deaths: 25,590 (13.3 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):[17]
1.46 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):[18]
Total — 68.21 years (male — 63.91, female — 72.48)

Settlements

Religion

Religion in Orenburg Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[19][20]
Russian Orthodoxy
 
 40.2%
Other Orthodox
 
 1.7%
Other Christians
 
 3.6%
Islam
 
 13.8%
Rodnovery
and other native faiths
 
 3%
Spiritual but not religious
 
 20%
Atheism and irreligion
 
 12.4%
Other and undeclared
 
 5.3%

As of a 2012 survey,

Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), 6.8% are followers of other religions or did not give an answer to the survey. In addition, 20% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious" and 12% to be atheist.[19]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18971,600,145—    
19261,492,211−6.7%
19391,675,000+12.2%
19591,829,481+9.2%
19702,049,976+12.1%
19792,088,553+1.9%
19892,174,459+4.1%
20022,179,551+0.2%
20102,033,072−6.7%
20211,862,767−8.4%
Source: Census data


Economy

Orenburg Oblast is one of the major agricultural areas of Russia. Its climate is favorable to farming with a humid spring, dry summer and many sunny days, which make perfect conditions for cultivating hard

beans, corn, and gourds
.

The range of the oblast's export commodities includes oil and oil products, gas and gas produced products, rolled ferrous and non-ferrous metals, nickel, asbestos, chromium compounds, rough copper, electric engines, and radiators, which are used to make products from the machine-building industry.

See also

References

  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", No. 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. ).
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  4. Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original
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    [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).
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  17. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (in Russian). Archived from the original
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  20. ^ 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2017. Archived.

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