Kurgan Oblast
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| Kurgan Oblast (English) Курганская область (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Kurgan Oblast in Russia |
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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 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Urals Urals |
| Code | 45 |
| Area | |
| Area - Rank within Russia |
71,000 km² 43rd |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
1,019,532 inhabitants 53rd 14.4 inhab. / km² 56.3% 43.7% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Oleg Bogomolov |
| Legislative body | Oblast Duma |
| 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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[edit] Geography
The Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District. It shares borders with the Chelyabinsk Oblast to the west, the Sverdlovsk Oblast to the north, the Tyumen Oblast to the east, and Kazakhstan to the south.
[edit] Politics
Oleg Bogomolov has served as governor of the Kurgan Oblast since 1996. He is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. 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
[edit] Time zone
Kurgan Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] 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) [1]
[edit] Economy
The region'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 neighbouring Tyumen and Tomsk and continue to processing facilities in the Urals.[2] 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.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 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 on 2009-05-23.
- ^ "About company". Kurganmashzavod. http://www.kurganmash.ru/en/about/. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
[edit] External links
- [1] official website of the Oblast Duma (Russian)
- "Evening Kurgan" - portal independent news (Russian)
Media related to Kurgan Oblast at Wikimedia Commons
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