Pskov Oblast
Pskov Oblast (Roushie: Пско́вская о́бласть, Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Pskov Oblast borders the kintras o Estonie an Latvie, as well as Belaroushie. It is the wastrenmaist federal subject o contiguous Roushie (i.e. excludin the exclave o Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major ceeties are the admeenistrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) an Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000). Aurie: 55,300 square kilometer (21,400 sq mi). Population: 673,423 (2010 Census).[5]
Pskov Oblast | |
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| Псковская область | |
 Coat airms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°19′N 29°15′E / 57.317°N 29.250°E 29°15′E / 57.317°N 29.250°E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal destrict | Northwastren[1] |
| Economic region | Northwastren[2] |
| Admeenistrative center | Pskov |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Oblast Duma |
| • Govrenor | Andrey Turchak[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55300 km2 (21,400 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 49t |
| Population (2010 Census)[5] | |
| • Total | 673,423 |
| • Estimate (2018)[6] | 636,546 (−5.5%) |
| • Rank | 66t |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 70.2% |
| • Rural | 29.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  [7]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-PSK |
| License plates | 60 |
| OKTMO ID | 58000000 |
| Offeecial leids | Roushie[8] |
| Website | http://www.pskov.ru/ |
Natural resources
Ane o the maist important naitural resoorces o Pskov Oblast is firth. Forest takes up tae ane third o the territory o the region. Oweraw stocks o firths as for 1 Januar 2005 wur 331,2 Million cubic meters.[9]
Admeenistrative diveesions
Demographics
Population: 673,423 (2010 Census);[5] 760,810 (2002 Census);[10] 846,449 (1989 Census).[11]
For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.1 per 1000 [1]
Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis:[5]
- 95% Roushie
- 1.3% Ukrainian
- 1% Belaroushies
- 0.5% Roma
- 0.4% Armenie
- 0.1% Estonie
- 1.7% ithers
- 24,630 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.[12]
