Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast (, 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: 

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

Regional catalogue o Penza Ceety an Penza Oblast enterprises  
"PenzaNews" news agency  


Category:States an territories established in 1939