Tyumen Oblast
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Tyumen Oblast (Russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, Tyumenskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. It contains two autonomous okrugs, Khantia-Mansia and Yamalia. Excluding the autonomous okrugs, Tyumen Oblast has an area of 159,869.7 km² (including the autonomies, it is Russia's third largest subdivision) and a population of 3,264,841 (2002 Census). Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Time zone
Tyumen Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
Population: 3,264,841 (2002 Census).
Ethnic groups: There were thirty-six recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Tyumen Oblast, making this one of the most multicultural oblasts in Russia. The national composition at the time of the census was: • Russians:(71.56%); • Tatars:(7.18%); • Ukrainians:(6.47%); • Bashkirs:(1.43%); • Azeris:(1.30%); • Belarusans:(1.10%); • Chuvash:(0.93%); • Nenets:(0.87%); • Germans:(0.83%); • Khants:(0.82%); • Kazakhs:(0.57%); • Moldovans:(0.55%); • Armenians:(0.45%); • Kumyks:(0.38%); • Mari:(0.34%); • Lezgin:(0.34%); • Chechens:(0.33%); • Mansi:(0.32%); • Mordovians:(0.30%); • Komi:(0.27%); • Tajiks:(0.24%); • Siberian Tatars:(0.24%); • Uzbeks:(0.24%); • Udmurts:(0.19%); • Nogaj:(0.13%); • Bulgarians:(0.11%); • Poles:(0.10%); • Komi-Permiaks:(0.10%); • Georgians:(0.10%); • Kirgiz:(0.09%); • Avars:(0.08%); • Dargins:(0.08%); • Gagauz:(0.08%); • Ingush:(0.07%); • Roma:(0.06%); • Greeks:(0.06%); • Selkups:(0.06%); • Ossetians:(0.06%); • Komi-izhems:(0.05%); • Jews:(0.05%); • Koreans:(0.05%), • and 0.50% others. • In addition, another 0.96% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.[1]
[edit] External link
- (Russian) Official website of Tyumen Oblast.
