Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast
Oblast
Магаданская область
Flag of Magadan Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Magadan Oblast
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 62°54′N 153°42′E / 62.900°N 153.700°E / 62.900; 153.700
CountryRussia
Federal districtFar Eastern[1]
Economic regionFar Eastern[2]
Administrative centerMagadan[3]
Government
 • BodyOblast Duma[4]
 • Governor[6]Sergey Nosov[5]
Area
[7]
 • Total462,464 km2 (178,558 sq mi)
 • Rank11th
Population
 (2021 census)[8]
 • Total136,085
 • Estimate 
(2018)[9]
144,091
 • Rank81st
 • Density0.29/km2 (0.76/sq mi)
 • Urban
96.4%
 • Rural
3.6%
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 Edit this on Wikidata[10])
ISO 3166 codeRU-MAG
License plates49
OKTMO ID44000000
Official languagesRussian[11]
Websitehttp://www.magadan.ru/

Magadan Oblast[a] is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan Oblast has a population of 136,085 (2021 Census), making it the least populated oblast and the third-least populated federal subject in Russia.[8]

Magadan is the largest city and the capital of Magadan Oblast with the majority of the oblast's inhabitants living in the city itself. The coastline has a less severe climate than the interiors, although both are very cold for its latitude.

It borders Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the north, Kamchatka Krai in the east, Khabarovsk Krai in the south and the Sakha Republic in the west. The economy is primarily based on mining, particularly gold, silver and other non-ferrous metals.

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Charter of Magadan Oblast, Article 38.4
  4. ^ Charter of Magadan Oblast, Article 45
  5. ^ Official website of Magadan Oblast. Official Website Of Magadan Oblast (in Russian)
  6. ^ Charter of Magadan Oblast, Article 62
  7. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  9. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
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