Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast | |
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| Курская область | |
City of Rylsk | |
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Kursk Oblast in Russia, including disputed territory of Crimea | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′N 36°01′E / 51.750°N 36.017°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Central |
| Economic region | Central Black Earth |
| Administrative center | Kursk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma |
| • Acting Governor | Alexander Khinshtein |
| Area | |
• Total | 29,997 km2 (11,582 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 65th |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,082,458 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,115,237 |
| • Rank | 46th |
| • Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68.4% |
| • Rural | 31.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KRS |
| License plates | 46 |
| OKTMO ID | 38000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | kursk.ru (in Russian) курскаяобласть.рф (Defunct) |
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Kursk Oblast (Russian: Курская область, romanized: Kurskaya oblastʹ, IPA: [ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458.