Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai (English)
Краснодарский край (Russian)
-  Krai  -
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Flag of Krasnodar Krai
Anthem Anthem of Krasnodar Krai
Political status
Country Russia
Political status Krai
Federal district Southern[1]
Economic region North Caucasus[2]
Administrative center Krasnodar
Official language Russian[3]
Statistics
Population (2002 Census)[4] 5,125,221 inhabitants
- Rank within Russia 3rd
- Urban[4] 53.5%
- Rural[4] 46.5%
- Density 67.44 /km2 (174.7 /sq mi)[5]
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6] 76,000 km2 (29,343.8 sq mi)
- Rank within Russia 42nd
Established September 13, 1937[7]
License plates 23
ISO 3166-2:RU RU-KDA
Time zone MSK/MSD (UTC+3/+4)
Government (as of December 2008)
Head of Administration (Governor)[8] Alexander Tkachyov[9]
Legislature Legislative Assembly[10]
Charter Charter of Krasnodar Krai
Official website
http://admkrai.kuban.ru/

Krasnodar Krai (Russian: Краснода́рский край, Krasnodarsky kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District.

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Geography

Krasnodar Krai encompasses the western part of the Forecaucasus and a part of the northern slopes of Caucasus Major. Krasnodar Krai borders, clockwise from the west, Ukraine—from which it is separated by the Strait of Kerch and the Sea of Azov—Russia's Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai, and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, and Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia. The krai territory encompasses the Republic of Adygea. Krasnodar Krai's southern border is formed by what is left of Russia's Black Sea coast, with the most important port (Novorossiysk) and resort (Sochi) in this part of the country.

A hilly landscape near Goryachy Klyuch.

Geographically, the area is split by the Kuban River into two distinct parts. The southern, seaward third Circassia) is the western extremity of the Caucasus range, lying within the Crimean Submediterranean forest complex ecoregion; the climate is Mediterranean or, in the south-east, subtropical. The northern two-thirds lies on the Pontic Steppe and shares continental climate patterns. The largest lake is Abrau in the wine-making region of Abrau-Dyurso.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: 5,125,221 (2002 Census); 5,113,148 (1989 Census). The population of Krasnodar Krai is concentrated in the Kuban River drainage basin, which used to be traditional Cossack land (see History of Cossacks). The Kuban Cossacks are now generally considered to be ethnic Russians, even though they are still an important minority in their own right in this area. Other notable ethnic groups include the Armenians (mostly Christian Hamsheni) who have lived in the region since at least the 18th century. The Ukrainians are also an important group; they actually formed a majority of the population in the early 20th century but were subject to heavy Russification.

Ethnic groups: The 2002 Census counted thirty-three ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, making this federal subject one of the most multicultural in Russia. The inhabitants identified themselves as belonging to more than 140 different ethnic groups, as shown in the following table:

Population Ethnicity Percentage of total population
4,418,715 Russians 86.2%
274,566 Armenians 5.36%
131,774 Ukrainians 2.57%
26,540 Greeks 0.52%
26,260 Belarusians 0.51%
25,575 Tatars 0.50%
20,225 Georgians 0.40%
18,469 Germans 0.36%
17,542 Cossacks 0.34%
15,821 Adyghe 0.31%
13,496 Turks 0.26%
11,944 Azeris 0.23%
10,873 Roma 0.21%
6,537 Moldovans 0.13%
5,022 Kurds 0.10%
4,835 Mordovians 0.10%
4,446 Cherkes 0.09%
4,441 Ezids 0.09%
4,141 Chuvash 0.08%
4,133 Ossetians 0.08%
3,764 Assyrians 0.07%
3,752 Lezgins 0.07%
3,425 Udmurts 0.07%
3,289 Koreans 0.06%
3,213 Shapsugs 0.06%
3,138 Bulgarians 0.06%
2,958 Poles 0.06%
2,945 Jews 0.06%
2,857 Chechens 0.06%
2,723 Mari 0.05%
2,609 Crimean Tatars 0.05%
2,210 Uzbeks 0.04%
2,061 Bashkirs 0.04%

A further 0.26% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.[11]

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Vital Statistics for 2008:[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000).
  2. ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ↑ According to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia, Russian is the official language on the whole territory of the Russian Federation. Article 68.2 further stipulates that only the republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2002 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the Census (2002).
  6. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17. 
  7. ↑ Azarenkova et al., p. 114
  8. ↑ Charter, Article 41.1
  9. ↑ Official website of Krasnodar Krai. Biography of Alexander Nikolayevich Tkachyov (Russian)
  10. ↑ Charter, Chapter 3
  11. ↑ (XLS) National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation. 2002 Russian All-Population Census. 2002. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls. Retrieved 2006-07-20. 
  12. ↑ www.regnum.ru/news/1127091.html

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