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Orenburg Region

Orenburg Oblast
Оренбургская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —

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Coordinates: 52°08′N 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E / 52.133; 55.600Coordinates: 52°08′N 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E / 52.133; 55.600
Political status
Country Russia
Federal district Volga
Economic region Urals
Established December 7, 1934
Administrative center Orenburg
Government (as of March 2011)
 • Governor Yury Berg
 • Legislature Legislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
 • Total 124,000 km2 (48,000 sq mi)
Area rank 29th
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total 2,033,072
 • Rank 23rd
 • Density 16.4/km2 (42/sq mi)
 • Urban 59.7%
 • Rural 40.3%
Time zone(s) YEKT (UTC+05:00)
ISO 3166-2 RU-ORE
License plates 56
Official languages Russian
Official website

Orenburg Oblast (Russian: Оренбу́ргская о́бласть, Orenburgskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast (Чка́ловская о́бласть) in honor of Valery Chkalov. Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census).

The most important river of the oblast is the Ural.

Orenburg is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census);2,179,551 (2002 Census);2,174,459 (1989 Census).

2009 - 1.76 | 2010 - 1.80 | 2011 - 1.80 | 2012 - 1.95 | 2013 - 2.00 | 2014 - 2.03 | 2015 - 2.01 | 2016 - 1.95(e)

According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the oblast was as follows:

Religion in Orenburg Oblast (2012)

As of a 2012 official survey 40.2% of the population of Orenburg Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 3% declare themselves to be generic nondenominational Christians (excluding the Protestant definition), 2% are Orthodox Christian believers who do not belong to any church or belong to non-Russian Orthodox churches. Muslims constitute 13% of the population. 3% of the population are followers of the 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.


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