| Kurgan Oblast (English) Курганская область (Russian) |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Kurgan Oblast |
 Flag of Kurgan Oblast |
| Anthem: None | |
| Administrative center | Kurgan |
| Established | February 6, 1943[1] |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal District | Urals[2] |
| Economic region | Urals[3] |
| Area[4] | 71,000 km2 (27,413.3 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 43rd |
| Code ISO 3166-2:RU |
45 RU-KGN |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population[5] | 1,019,532 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 53rd |
| - Density | 14.4 /km2 (37.3/sq mi) |
| - Urban[5] | 56.3% |
| - Rural[5] | 43.7% |
| Official language(s) | Russian[6] |
| Government (as of November 2009) | |
| Governor[7] | Oleg Bogomolov[8] |
| Legislative body | Oblast Duma[9] |
| Charter | Charter of Kurgan Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.kurganobl.ru/ | |
Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.
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Geography
Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District. It shares borders with Chelyabinsk Oblast to the west, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the north, Tyumen Oblast to the east, and Kazakhstan to the south.
Politics
Oleg Bogomolov has served as governor of the Kurgan Oblast since 1996. He is a member of the United Russia Party. The legislative body of the oblast is the 34-member Kurgan Oblast Duma. The United Russia Party currently holds the majority of seats in the Oblast Duma.
Time zone
Kurgan Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russians (932,613) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, making up 91.4% of the population. Other prominent ethnic groups in the region include Tatars (20,899) at 2%, Bashkirs (15,343) at 1.5%, Kazakhs (14,804) 1.5%, and Ukrainians (11,243) at 1.1%. The remainder of the population identified with over 140 different ethnic groups each accounting for less than 0.5% of the population. A small number of people (391) declined to state their ethnicity on the survey.
- Total Population: 1,019,532
- Urban: 574,381 (56.3%)
- Rural: 445,151 (43.7%)
- Male: 470,578 (46.2%)
- Female: 548,954 (53.8%)
- Females per 1000 males: 1,167
- Average age: 38.2
- Urban: 37.5
- Rural: 39.0
- Male: 35.2
- Female: 40.5
- Number of households: 388,304 (with 1,005,735 people)
- Urban: 220,813 (with 566,984 people)
- Rural: 167,491 (with 438,751 people)
- Births (2008): 11,937 (12.5 per 1000)
- Deaths (2008): 15,626 (16.3 per 1000)[10]
Economy
The oblast's economy is based on agriculture and industry. Kurgan benefits from transition fees of the oil and gas pipelines crossing the territory. The pipelines arrive from the oil fields of neighboring Tyumen and Tomsk Oblasts and continue to processing facilities in the Urals.[11] The largest company of the region is Kurganmashzavod, known for its BMP-2 and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, which are in service in 29 countries.[12]
References
- ^ Charter, Article 10
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 1. Федеральные округа», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 1. Federal Districts, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b c Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ According to Article 68.2 of the Constitution of Russia, only republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian
- ^ Charter, Article 78-1
- ^ Official website of Kurgan Oblast. [Biography of Oleg Alexeyvich Bogomolov, the Governor of Kurgan Oblast] (Russian)
- ^ Charter, Article 80
- ^ http://kurganstat.gks.ru/digital/region1/2007/demo1208.htm
- ^ "Kurgan Region". Russia Profile. 2008-05-23. http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/business/districts/kurgan. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "About company". Kurganmashzavod. http://www.kurganmash.ru/en/about/. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
Sources
- Курганская областная Дума. Закон №1 от 16 декабря 1994 г. «Устав Курганской области», в ред. Закона №467 от 24 июня 2009 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законы Курганской области». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 171. Опубликован: "Новый мир", №242, 21 декабря 1994 г. (Kurgan Oblast Duma. Law #1 of December 16, 1994 Charter of Kurgan Oblast, as amended by the Law #467 of June 24, 2009 On Amending Certain Laws of Kurgan Oblast. Effective as of the date specified by the provisions of Article 171).
External links
Media related to Kurgan Oblast at Wikimedia Commons- The Oblast Duma - official website (Russian)
- "Evening Kurgan" - portal independent news (Russian)
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