Rostov Region

Rostov Oblast Ростовская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Rostov Oblast (The Orthodox Quiet Don)
Coordinates: 47°52′N 41°11′E / 47.867°N 41.183°E / 47.867; 41.183Coordinates: 47°52′N 41°11′E / 47.867°N 41.183°E / 47.867; 41.183
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Southern
Economic region	North Caucasus
Established	September 13, 1937
Administrative center	Rostov-on-Don
Government (as of August 2014)
• Governor	Vasily Golubev
• Legislature	Legislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
• Total	100,800 km2 (38,900 sq mi)
Area rank	32nd
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	4,277,976
• Rank	6th
• Density	42.44/km2 (109.9/sq mi)
• Urban	67.2%
• Rural	32.8%
Population (January 2013 est.)
• Total	4,254,600
Time zone(s)	MSK (UTC+03:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-ROS
License plates	61, 161
Official languages	Russian
Official website

Rostov Oblast (Russian: Росто́вская о́бласть, tr. Rostovskaya oblast; IPA: [rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of 100,800 square kilometers (38,900 sq mi) and a population of 4,277,976 (2010 Census), making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Rostov-on-Don, which also became the administrative center of the Southern Federal District in 2002.

Rostov Oblast borders Ukraine and also Volgograd and Voronezh Oblasts in the north, Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais in the south, and the Republic of Kalmykia in the east.

It is within the Russian Southern Federal District.

The Don River, one of Europe's largest rivers, flows through the oblast for part of its course. Lakes cover only 0.4% of the oblast's area.

It was formed in 1937 out of the Azov-Black Sea Krai.

Population: 4,277,976 (2010 Census);4,404,013 (2002 Census);4,308,654 (1989 Census).

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