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Chelyabinsk Oblast
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| Chelyabinsk Oblast (English) Челябинская область (Russian) |
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 Location of Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Chelyabinsk Oblast |
 Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Anthem: Anthem of Chelyabinsk Oblast | |
| Administrative center | Chelyabinsk |
| Established | January 17, 1934 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Urals Urals |
| Code | 74 |
| Area | |
| Area - Rank |
87,900 km² 37th |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural |
3,603,339 inhabitants 9th 41 inhab. / km² 81.8% 18.2% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Pyotr Sumin |
| First Deputy Governor | Andrey Kosilov |
| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly |
| Charter | Charter of Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.ural-chel.ru/ | |
Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.
Area: 87,900 km²; population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census); 3,623,732 (1989 Census).
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Chelyabinsk Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
Population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census).
The census counted the following seventeen recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Chelyabinsk Oblast:
• 2,965,568 Russians (82.3%);
• 205,041 Tatars (5.69%);
• 166,372 Bashkirs (4.62%);
• 76,994 Ukrainians (2.14%);
• 36,219 Kazakhs (1.00%);
• 28,457 Germans (0.79%);
• 20,355 Belarusans (0.56%);
• 18,055 Mordvins (0.50%);
• 9,483 Chuvash (0.26%);
• 8,601 Armenians (0.24%);
• 7,379 Azeris (0.20%);
• 5,125 Tajiks (0.14%);
• 4,930 Jews (0.14%);
• 3,486 Mari (0.10%);
• 3,344 Udmurts (0.09%);
• 3,324 Roma (0.09%);
• 3,057 Uzbeks (0.08%).
In addition, a further 0.24% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.[1]
- Official website of Chelyabinsk Oblast (English)
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