Everything about Orenburg Oblast totally explained
Orenburg Oblast (
Orenburgskaya oblast) is a
federal subject of
Russia (an
oblast). It is located in the
Volga Federal District, and its administrative center is the
city of
Orenburg.
Area: 124,000 km²; population: 2,179,551 (
2002 Census); 2,174,459 (
1989 Census).
Geography
The most important river of the oblast is the
Ural.
Time zone
Orenburg Oblast is located in the
Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST).
UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
Administrative divisions
Demographics
According to the (
2002 Census), the national composition of the oblast was as follows:
•
Russians: 73.9%
•
Tatars: 7.6%
•
Kazakhs: 5.8%
•
Ukrainians: 3.5%
•
Bashkirs: 2.4%
•
Mordvinians: 2.4%
•
Germans: 0.8%
•
Chuvash: 0.8%
•
Belarusians: 0.4%
•
Azeris: 0.4%
•
Uzbeks: 0.2%
• and many other groups, none more than 0.2% of the population. (0.13% of the population didn't state their nationality in the census.)
Religion
Mostly
Orthodox Christian with large
muslim population around 20%.
Economy
Orenburg Oblast is one of the major agricultural areas of Russia. Its climate is favorable for farming: humid spring, dry summer and a large number of sunny days make perfect conditions for cultivating hard
wheat and
rye,
sunflowers,
potatoes,
peas,
beans,
corn, and
gourds.
The range of Orenburg export commodities includes: oil and oil products, gas and gas produced products, rolled ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
nickel,
asbestos,
chromium compounds, rough copper, electric engines, radiators, products of machine-building industry.
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