Orenburg Oblast

Orenburg Oblast (, Orenburgskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Orenburg. Frae 1938 tae 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast () in honour o Valery Chkalov. Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census).

 Geography 
The maist important river o the oblast is the Ural.

Orenburg is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 

 Demographics 
Population: 

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition o the oblast wis as follaes:
Roushies: 75.9%
Tatars: 7.6%
Kazakhs: 6%
Ukrainians: 2.5%
Bashkirs: 2.3%
Mordvinians: 1.9%
Germans: 0.6%
Chuvash: 0.6%
Belaroushies: 0.3%
Azeris: 0.4%
ither groups, nane mair nor 0.2% o the population
30,449 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

 Releegion 

The main releegion is Orthodox Christianity, while a minority is Muslim.

 Economy 
Orenburg Oblast is ane o the major agricultural auries o Roushie. Its climate is favorable for fermin: humid spring, dry simmer an a lairge nummer o sunny days mak perfect conditions for cultivatin haurd wheat an rye, sunflowers, potatoes, peases, beans, corn, an gourds.

The range o the oblast's export commodities includes: ile an ile products, gas an gas producit products, rolled ferrous an nan-ferrous metals, nickel, asbestos, chromium compunds, rough copper, electric ingines, radiators, products o machine-biggin industry.

 References 


Category:States an territories established in 1934