Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast | |
|---|---|
| Оренбургская область | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′N 55°36′E / 52.133°N 55.600°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Ural |
| Administrative center | Orenburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Acting Governor | Yevgeny Solntsev |
| Area | |
• Total | 123,702 km2 (47,762 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 29th |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,862,767 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,977,720 |
| • Rank | 24th |
| • Urban | 59.7% |
| • Rural | 40.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-ORE |
| License plates | 56, 156 |
| OKTMO ID | 53000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.orb.ru/ |
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Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkalov. As of the 2021 Census, the oblast had a population of 1,862,767, down from 2,033,072 in the 2010 Census.