Novosibirsk Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast (, Novosibirskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically it is an oblast. It is in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Novosibirsk. The population was 2,797,176 as of the 2021 Census.

 Geography 
Novosibirsk Oblast is in the south of the West Siberian Plain, between the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. The oblast borders Omsk Oblast in the west, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Province) in the southwest, Tomsk Oblast in the north, Kemerovo Oblast in the east, and Altai Krai in the south. The territory of the oblast extends for more than  from west to east, and for over  from north to south.

 Administrative divisions 

 Demographics 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Novosibirsk_Oblast.png|thumb|300x300px|Life expectancy at birth in Novosibirsk Oblast
Population: 

According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the oblast was 93.1% Russians; 1.2% Germans; 0.9% Ukrainians; 0.9% Tatars; 0.4% Kazakhs; 0.2% Belarusians; 0.4% Armenians; 0.3% Azeris; and 0.5% Uzbeks.

 Largest cities and towns 

 References