Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast (Russian: Аму́рская о́бласть, romanized: Amurskaya oblastʹ, IPA: [ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. Amur Oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.
Amur Oblast | |
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Oblast | |
| Амурская область | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 53°33′N 127°50′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Far Eastern |
| Economic region | Far Eastern |
| Administrative center | Blagoveshchensk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Vasily Orlov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 361,908 km2 (139,733 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 766,912 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 798,424 |
| • Rank | 60th |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68.1% |
| • Rural | 31.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-AMU |
| License plates | 28 |
| OKTMO ID | 10000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.amurobl.ru/ |
The administrative center of the oblast, the city of Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the far east of the country, founded in 1856. It is a traditional center of trade and gold mining. The territory is accessed by two railways: the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal–Amur Mainline. As of the 2021 Census, the oblast's population was 766,912.
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