| Samara Oblast (English) Самарская область (Russian) | |
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| - Oblast - | |
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 Coat of arms of Samara Oblast |  Flag of Samara Oblast |
| Political status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal district | Volga[1] |
| Economic region | Volga[2] |
| Administrative center | Samara[citation needed] |
| Official language | Russian[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census preliminary results)[4] | 3,215,700 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 11th |
| - Urban[4] | 80.2% |
| - Rural[4] | 19.8% |
| Population (2002 Census)[5] | 3,239,737 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 11th |
| - Urban[5] | 80.6% |
| - Rural[5] | 19.4% |
| - Density | 60.44 /km2 (156.5 /sq mi)[6] |
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[7] | 53,600 km2 (20,695.1 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 50th |
| Established | May 14, 1928[citation needed] |
| License plates | 63, 163 |
| ISO 3166-2:RU | RU-SAM |
| Time zone | MSD (UTC+04:00) |
| Government (as of March 2011) | |
| Governor[citation needed] | Vladimir Artyakov[8] |
| Legislature | Oblast Duma[citation needed] |
| Charter | Charter of Samara Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.adm.samara.ru/ | |
Samara Oblast (Russian: Сама́рская о́бласть, Samarskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Samara. In 1936–1990, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast (Ку́йбышевская о́бласть), after the Soviet name of Samara (Kuybyshev).
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[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
Population: 3,215,700 (2010 Census preliminary results);[4] 3,239,737 (2002 Census);[5]
Ethnic groups: According to the 2002 Census the ethnic makeup of the region was • 2,708,549 Russians (83.60%) • 127,931 Tatars (3.95%) • 101,358 Chuvash (3.13%) • 86,000 Mordvins (2.65%) • 60,727 Ukrainians (1.87%) • 21,566 Armenians (0.67%) • 15,046 Azeris (0.46%) • 14,918 Kazakhs (0.46%) • 14,082 Belarusians (0.43%) • 9,569 Germans (0.30%) • 7,885 Bashkirs (0.24%) • 6,384 Jews (0.20%) • 5,438 Uzbeks (0.17%) • 5,244 Roma (0.16%) • 4,624 Tajiks (0.14%) • 3,889 Mari (0.12%) • 3,518 Georgians (0.11%) • 2,364 Moldovans (0.07%) • and various other groups of less than two thousand people each. • An additional 22,489 residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.[9]
- Births (2008): 36,439 (11.5 per 1000) [10]
- Deaths (2008): 48,593 (15.3 per 1000)
[edit] Economy
In 1997, Samara Oblast became one of the few regions to receive the approval of the President of Russia to implement external bonded loans (Presidential decree № 1212, dated 12.10.1997 “On Creating Conditions to Conduct Loans Operations on the Internal and External Capital Markets”).
[edit] Government
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Governors:
- Konstantin Titov (1991—2007)
- Vladimir Artyakov (since 2007)
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