Astrakhan Oblast
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Astrakhan Oblast Астраханская область (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Southern | ||
| Economic region | Volga | ||
| Established | December 27, 1943 | ||
| Administrative center | Astrakhan | ||
| Government (as of April 2014) | |||
| • Governor | Alexander Zhilkin | ||
| • Legislature | State Duma | ||
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| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 44,100 km2 (17,000 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 55th | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 1,010,073 | ||
| • Rank | 52nd | ||
| • Density | 22.9/km2 (59/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 66.7% | ||
| • Rural | 33.3% | ||
| Population (January 2013 est.) | |||
| • Total | 1,013,800 | ||
| Time zone(s) | SAMT (UTC+04:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-AST | ||
| License plates | 30 | ||
| Official languages | Russian | ||
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Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census).
Geological structure and relief of the Astrakhan region Astrakhan Region is located in the south-east of the East European Plain within the Caspian lowland, in temperate latitudes, in the zone of deserts and semi-deserts. The region stretches in a narrow strip on both sides of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain at a distance of over 400 km. as it close to Caspian sea, and Volga river has been flowed for many years, Volga Delta has been formed.so the land mainly used as pastures . Astrakhan Region has been stretched from northern point lies on the border with Volgograd region at 48 ° 52 's Latitude. And . M, south - on the shores of the Caspian Sea - 45 ° 31 's. Latitude m . The westernmost point is located in Chernoyarsky District on the border with the Volgograd region - 44 ° 58 '. . D, east - on one of the small islands of the delta of the Volga in Volodarsky District 49 ° 15 'in. d. The main landscape of the region is represented Mologa-undulating desert plain complicated huge amounts of mounds, sand, dry ravines, lakes, karst landforms, and others.
the Caspian Sea is located at 27 m below Sea level. And the absolute level increases to north, and in the northern part of the region, plus reach 15–20 m The highest point is Mount Bogda large - 161.9 m, located in the northeast region.
The Time zoneis UTC + 4, like Samara, the local time is ahead of Moscow 1 hour.
The area belongs to the Volga regions, the . The geographical location of the Astrakhan region peculiar. It is located on the border between Europe and Asia, the Volga gives access to five seas.
Astrakhan region borders:
In the north - with Kazakhstan (with the West Kazakhstan region) In the north-west - with the Volgograd Oblast To the east and north-east - with Kazakhstan (from Atyrau region) In the west and south - with Republic of Kalmykia in southern border is the Caspian Sea
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