Penza Oblast
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Penza Oblast Пензенская область (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Volga | ||
| Economic region | Volga | ||
| Established | February 4, 1939 | ||
| Administrative center | Penza | ||
| Government (as of December 2014) | |||
| • Governor | Ivan Belozertsev | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 43,200 km2 (16,700 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 59th | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 1,386,186 | ||
| • Rank | 32nd | ||
| • Density | 32.09/km2 (83.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 67.1% | ||
| • Rural | 32.9% | ||
| Population (January 2015 est.) | |||
| • Total | 1,355,618 | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+03:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-PNZ | ||
| License plates | 58 | ||
| Official languages | Russian | ||
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Penza Oblast (Russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, Penzenskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Penza Oblast has over 3000 rivers; the overall length is 15,458 km. The biggest rivers are:
There are 316 species of vertebrates within the region, including:
Seven existing species of mammals were already acclimatized on land: the American mink, muskrat, raccoon dog, wild boar, Siberian roe deer, red deer and Sika deer. In parallel, work has been carried out to reintroduce the Forest-steppe marmot, the Eurasian beaver and the Russian desman (a species of mole that resembles a muskrat).
In the waters of Penza Oblast, there are about 50 species of fish. The largest body of water - the Sursko reservoir - is home to around 30 species. Commercial species include bream, silver bream, pikeperch, ide, and catfish. In the rivers and smalls pond dwell roach, perch, carp, and pike. The most valuable fish to be found in the natural waters is the sterlet.
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