Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast
Кемеровская область
Anthem: Anthem of Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 55°21′18″N 86°05′24″E / 55.355°N 86.090°E / 55.355; 86.090
CountryRussia
Federal districtSiberian
Economic regionWest Siberian
Administrative centerKemerovo
Government
  BodyLegislative Assembly
  GovernorIlya Seredyuk
Area
  Total
95,725 km2 (36,960 sq mi)
  Rank34th
Population
  Total
2,600,923
  Estimate 
(2018)
2,694,877
  Rank16th
  Urban
86.5%
  Rural
13.5%
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 )
ISO 3166 codeRU-KEM
License plates42, 142
OKTMO ID32000000
Official languagesRussian
Websitehttp://www.ako.ru

Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, romanized: Kemerovskaya oblastʹ, Russian pronunciation: [ˈkʲemʲɪrəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]), also known as Kuzbass (Russian: Кузба́сс, Russian pronunciation: [kʊzˈbas]), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities. Its ethnic composition is predominantly Russian, but native Shors and Kalmak Siberian Tatars also live in the oblast, along with Ukrainians, Volga Tatars, and Chuvash. The population recorded during the 2021 Census was 2,600,923.