Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast | |
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| Пензенская область | |
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| Anthem: Anthem of the Penza Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°15′N 44°34′E / 53.250°N 44.567°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Volga |
| Administrative center | Penza |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Oleg Melnichenko |
| Area | |
• Total | 43,352 km2 (16,738 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 59th |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,266,348 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,331,655 |
| • Rank | 35th |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68.7% |
| • Rural | 31.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-PNZ |
| License plates | 58 |
| OKTMO ID | 56000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://pnzreg.ru |
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Penza Oblast (Russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, romanized: Pénzenskaya óblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,266,348. It was formed in 1939 on the territory detached from neighboring Tambov Oblast.