Amur Oblast

"Priamurye" redirects here. For a broader historical region, see Russian Manchuria (Russia). For other uses, see Amur.
This article is about the modern region. For the historical region, see Amur Oblast (Russian Empire).
Amur Oblast
Oblast
Амурская область
Flag of Amur Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Amur Oblast
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°33′N 127°50′E / 53.550°N 127.833°E / 53.550; 127.833
CountryRussia
Federal districtFar Eastern[1]
Economic regionFar Eastern[2]
Administrative centerBlagoveshchensk[3]
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly[4]
 • Governor[4]Vasily Orlov[5]
Area
[6]
 • Total361,908 km2 (139,733 sq mi)
 • Rank14th
Population
 (2021 census)[7]
 • Total766,912
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
798,424
 • Rank60th
 • Density2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
68.1%
 • Rural
31.9%
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[9])
ISO 3166 codeRU-AMU
License plates28
OKTMO ID10000000
Official languagesRussian[10]
Websitehttp://www.amurobl.ru/

Amur Oblast (/əˈmʊər ˈɒblæst/)[a] is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.

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.[12]

  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 Amur Oblast, Article 118
  4. ^ a b Charter of Amur Oblast, Article 10
  5. ^ Official website of Amur Oblast. Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov Archived July 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  11. ^ USSR. Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Union Republics, p. 99
  12. ^ 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.


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