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Irkutsk Province

Irkutsk Oblast
Иркутская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —

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Coordinates: 57°22′N 106°00′E / 57.367°N 106.000°E / 57.367; 106.000Coordinates: 57°22′N 106°00′E / 57.367°N 106.000°E / 57.367; 106.000
Political status
Country Russia
Federal district Siberian
Economic region East Siberian
Established September 26, 1937
Oblast Day September 27
Administrative center Irkutsk
Government (as of October 2015)
 • Governor Sergey Levchenko
 • Legislature Legislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
 • Total 767,900 km2 (296,500 sq mi)
Area rank 5th
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total 2,428,750
 • Rank 20th
 • Density 3.16/km2 (8.2/sq mi)
 • Urban 79.6%
 • Rural 20.4%
Population (January 2015 est.)
 • Total 2,414,913
Time zone(s) IRKT (UTC+08:00)
ISO 3166-2 RU-IRK
License plates 38
Official languages Russian
Official website

Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: 2,428,750 (2010 Census).

Irkutsk Oblast borders with the Republic of Buryatia and the Tuva Republic in the south and southwest, with Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west, with the Sakha Republic in the northeast, and with Zabaykalsky Krai in the east.

The unique and world-famous Lake Baikal is located in the southeast of the region. It is drained by the Angara, which flows north across the province; the outflow rate is controlled by the Irkutsk Dam. The two other major dams on the Irkutsk Oblast's section of the Angara are at Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk; both forming large reservoirs. The Lena has its source in Irkutsk Oblast as well, and flows north-east into the neighboring Sakha Republic.

Irkutsk Oblast consists mostly of the hills and broad valleys of the Central Siberian Plateau and of its eastern extension, the Patom Plateau.


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