Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast | |
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| Амурская область | |
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| Anthem: Anthem of Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°33′N 127°50′E / 53.550°N 127.833°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Far Eastern |
| Economic region | Far Eastern |
| Administrative center | Blagoveshchensk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Vasily Orlov |
| Area | |
• Total | 361,908 km2 (139,733 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th |
| Population | |
• Total | 766,912 |
• Estimate (2018) | 798,424 |
| • Rank | 60th |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68.1% |
| • Rural | 31.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-AMU |
| License plates | 28 |
| OKTMO ID | 10000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.amurobl.ru/ |
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Amur Oblast (/əˈmʊər ˈɒblæst/) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.
The administrative center of the oblast, the city of Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the far east of the country, founded in 1856. It is a traditional center of trade and gold mining. The territory is accessed by two railways: the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal–Amur Mainline. As of the 2021 Census, the oblast's population was 766,912.