Krasnodar Krai Краснодарский край (Russian) |
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Political status | |||
Country | Russia | ||
Federal district | Southern | ||
Economic region | North Caucasus | ||
Established | September 13, 1937 | ||
Administrative center | Krasnodar | ||
Government (as of September 2014) | |||
• Head of Administration (Governor) | Veniamin Kondratev | ||
• Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
Statistics | |||
Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
• Total | 76,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 42nd | ||
Population (2010 Census) | |||
• Total | 5,226,647 | ||
• Rank | 3rd | ||
• Density | 68.77/km2 (178.1/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 52.9% | ||
• Rural | 47.1% | ||
Population (2014 est.) | |||
• Total | 5,404,300 | ||
Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+03:00) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RU-KDA | ||
License plates | 23, 93, 123 | ||
Official languages | Russian | ||
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Krasnodar Krai (Russian: Краснода́рский край, tr. Krasnodarsky kray; IPA: [krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnodar. It had a population of 5,226,647 (2010 Census).
The krai is sometimes referred to as Kuban, a term describing a historical region of southern Russia.
Krasnodar Krai is located in the southwestern part of the North Caucasus and borders with Rostov Oblast in the northeast, Stavropol Krai and Karachay-Cherkessia in the east, and with the breakaway republic of Abkhazia (claimed by Georgia) in the south. The Republic of Adygea is completely encircled by the krai territory. The krai's Taman Peninsula is washed by the Sea of Azov in the north and the Black Sea in the south. In the west, the Kerch Strait separates the krai from the Crimean Peninsula. At its widest extent, the krai stretches for 327 kilometers (203 mi) from north to south and for 360 kilometers (220 mi) from east to west.