page_title: Rostov Oblast
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Rostov Oblast / Administrative divisions
context_page_description: Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of 100,800 square kilometers and a population of 4,277,976, making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Rostov-on-Don, which also became the administrative center of the Southern Federal District in 2002.
context_section_description: It was formed in 1937 out of the Azov-Black Sea Krai.
caption: Rostov Oblast Government building
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