Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast (Roushie: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, Penzenskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Penza. Population: 1,386,186 (2010 Census). Geography Main rivers Penza Oblast haes ower 3000 rivers, an the oweraw lenth is 15,458 km. The langest rivers are: Sura Moksha Khopyor Penza River gied its name tae the ceety o Penza. Admeenistrative diveesions Demographics Population: 1,386,186 (2010 Census); 1,452,941 (2002 Census); 1,504,309 (1989 Census). Ethnic composition (2010): Roushies - 86.8% Tatars - 6.4% Mordvins - 4.1% Ukrainians - 0.7% Chuvash fowk - 0.4% Armenies - 0.3% ithers - 1.3% 43,283 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare a ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group. Births: 7,962 (Januar-Julie 2008) Daiths: 13,608 (Januar-Julie 2008 ) Climate Tourism Troitse-Scanov Convent State Lermontov Museum an Reserve o Tarkhany References Freemit airtins Media relatit tae Penza Oblast at Wikimedia Commons Regional catalogue o Penza Ceety an Penza Oblast enterprises Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie) "PenzaNews" news agency Archived 2012-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)