Kirov Oblast

Kirov Oblast (, Kirovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 (2010 Census).

 Geography 
Kirov Oblast is in the Volga federal district and the Volga-Vyatka economic region. It has an area of , making it the 30th largest federal subject of Russia. It borders Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Komi Republic in the north, Vologda Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, and Mari El in the south, and Perm Krai in the east.

 Natural resources 
Kirov Oblast's main natural resources are forests, phosphates, peat, and furs. There are many deposits of minerals such as limestone, marl, clay, sand, and gravel. There are also deposits of the very rare mineral volkonskoite.

 Administrative divisions 

Kirov Oblast was formed on December 7, 1934. It is divided into 39 districts, 6 cities under oblast jurisdiction, 13 town under district jurisdiction, 58 urban-type settlements, and 580 selsoviets.

 Demographics 
Population: 

 Largest cities and towns 

 Ethnic groups 

 Russians – 91.9%
 Tatars – 2.8%
 Mari people – 2.3%
 Udmurts – 1%
 Ukrainians – 0.6%
 Others – 1.4%
 35,385 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

 References 

Category:Oblasts of Russia