Leningrad Oblast | |
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Ленинградская область | |
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Coordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°ECoordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Northwastren[1] |
Economic region | Northwastren[2] |
Established | 1 August 1927 |
Admeenistrative center | Nane |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Legislative Assembly[3] |
• Govrenor[5] | Valery Serdyukov[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 84500 km2 (32,600 sq mi) |
Area rank | 38t |
Population (2010 Census)[7] | |
• Total | 1,716,868 |
• Estimate (2018)[8] | 1,813,816 (+5.6%) |
• Rank | 26t |
• Density | 20/km2 (53/sq mi) |
• Urban | 65.7% |
• Rural | 34.3% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-LEN |
License plates | 47 |
OKTMO ID | 41000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie[10] |
Website | http://www.lenobl.ru |
Leningrad Oblast (Roushie: Ленингра́дская о́бласть, Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It wis established on 1 August 1927, awtho it wisna till 1946 that the oblast's borders haed been maistly settled in thair present poseetion. The oblast wis namit efter the ceety o Leningrad (nou Saunt Petersburg).
The oblast haes mairches wi Finland northwastlins, Estonie wastlins, as weel as five federal subjects o Roushie: the Republic o Karelie northeastlins, Vologda Oblast eastlins, Novgorod Oblast soothlins, Pskov Oblast soothwastlins, an the federal ceety o Saunt Petersburg wastlins.
The first govrenor o Leningrad Oblast wis Vadim Gustov (in 1996–1998). Syne 1999 he haes been succeedit bi Valery Serdyukov.
The oblast haes an aurie o 84,500 square mile (219,000 km2) an a population o 1,716,868 (2010 Census);[7] up frae 1,669,205 recordit in the 2002 Census.[11] The maist populous toun o the oblast is Gatchina, wi 88,659 indwallers (as o the 2002 Census).[11] Leningrad Oblast is heichlie industrializit.