Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast | |
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| Иркутская область | |
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| Coordinates: 57°22′N 106°00′E / 57.367°N 106.000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Siberian |
| Economic region | East Siberian |
| Administrative center | Irkutsk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Igor Kobzev |
| Area | |
• Total | 774,846 km2 (299,170 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,370,102 |
• Estimate (2018) | 2,404,195 |
| • Rank | 20th |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (7.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 77.6% |
| • Rural | 22.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-IRK |
| License plates | 38, 85, 138 |
| OKTMO ID | 25000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.irkobl.ru |
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Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, romanized: Irkutskaya oblastʹ; Buryat: Эрхүү можо, romanized: Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. It had a population of 2,370,102 at the 2021 Census.