Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don
Ростов-на-Дону
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Rostov-on-Don is located in Rostov Oblast
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
Location of Rostov-on-Don within Rostov Oblast
Rostov-on-Don is located in European Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
Location of Rostov-on-Don within Russia
Rostov-on-Don is located in Europe
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
Location of Rostov-on-Don within Europe
Coordinates: 47°13′21″N 39°42′36″E / 47.22250°N 39.71000°E / 47.22250; 39.71000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast[1]
Founded1749[2]
City status since1796[2]
Government
 • BodyCity Duma[3]
 • Head[3]Zinaida Neyarokhina[4]
Area
 • Total348.5 km2 (134.6 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 • Total1,089,261
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
1,130,305 (+3.8%)
 • Rank10th in 2010
 • Density3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toRostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofRostov Oblast,[8] Rostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[1]
 • Urban okrugRostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[9]
 • Capital ofRostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[9]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[10])
Postal code(s)[11]
344000–344002, 344004, 344006, 344007, 344009–344013, 344015, 344016, 344018–344023, 344025, 344029, 344030, 344032–344034, 344037–344039, 344041, 344045, 344048, 344050, 344052, 344055, 344056, 344058, 344064, 344065, 344068, 344069, 344072, 344079, 344082, 344090–344095, 344101, 344103, 344111–344114, 344116, 344700, 344880, 344890, 344899, 344960–344965, 344999, 901078, 995100
Dialing code(s)+7 863
OKTMO ID60701000001
City DayThird Sunday of September[12]
Websitewww.rostov-gorod.ru

Rostov-on-Don[a] is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.

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  3. ^ a b Charter of Rostov-on-Don, Article 35.1
  4. ^ Official website of Rostov-on-Don. Biography of Zinaida Vasilyevna Neyarokhina Archived July 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, the Head of Rostov-on-Don (in Russian)
  5. ^ "About the City". Official website of Rostov-on-Don (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 12, 2013.
  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  7. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  8. ^ Charter of Rostov-on-Don, Article 1
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ref871 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  12. ^ Charter of Rostov-on-Don, Article 4
  13. ^ Rostov Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Cities with Populations of 100,000 and Over Archived July 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)


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