CHELYABINSK OBLAST

'Chelyabinsk Oblast' (, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.
Area: 87,900 km�; population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census); 3,623,732 (1989 Census).

Contents

Geography

Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

External link

Geography

Time zone

Chelyabinsk Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

''Population'': 3,603,339 (2002 Census).
The census counted the following seventeen recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Chelyabinsk Oblast:

� 2,965,568 Russians (82.3%);

� 205,041 Tatars (5.69%);

� 166,372 Bashkirs (4.62%);

� 76,994 Ukrainians (2.14%);

� 36,219 Kazakhs (1.00%);

� 28,457 Germans (0.79%);

� 20,355 Belarusians (0.56%);

� 18,055 Mordvins (0.50%);

� 9,483 Chuvash (0.26%);

� 8,601 Armenians (0.24%);

� 7,379 Azeris (0.20%);

� 5,125 Tajiks (0.14%);

� 4,930 Jews (0.14%);

� 3,486 Mari (0.10%);

� 3,344 Udmurts (0.09%);

� 3,324 Roma (0.09%);

� 3,057 Uzbeks (0.08%).

In addition, a further 0.24% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.^[1]

External link

★ Official website of Chelyabinsk Oblast