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Astrakhan Oblast

oblast of Russia
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Summary

Astrakhan Oblast is an oblast of Russia[1]. It draws 3,463 Wikipedia views per month (oblast of russia category, ranking #15 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Russia[3]
  • Country: Russia[4]
  • Head of government: Igor Babushkin[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Instance of: administrative region[7], federal subject of Russia[8]
  • Capital: Astrakhan[9]
  • Shares border with: Kalmykia[10], Volgograd Oblast[11], West Kazakhstan Region[12], Atyrau Region[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Akhtubinsky District[14], Volodarsky District[15], Yenotayevsky District[16], Ikryaninsky District[17], Kamyzyaksky District[18], Krasnoyarsky District[19], Limansky District[20], Narimanovsky District[21], Privolzhsky District, Astrakhan Oblast[22], Kharabalinsky District[23], Chernoyarsky District[24], Astrakhan Urban Okrug[25], Znamensk Urban Okrug[26]
  • Flag: flag of Astrakhan Oblast[27]
  • Legislative body: Duma of the Astrakhan Region[28]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Astrakhan Oblast[29]
  • Part of: European Russia[30], Southern Federal District[31]
  • Commons category: Astrakhan Oblast[32]
  • Licence plate code: 30[33]
  • Located in time zone: Samara Time[34], Europe/Astrakhan[35]
  • Inception: December 27, 1943[36]
  • Highest point: Bolshoye Bogdo[37]
  • Coordinate location: 47.233333333333, 47.233333333333[38]
  • Official website: http://www.astrobl.ru/[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Astrakhan Oblast[40]
  • Population: 1,017,495[41], 1,017,514[42], 1,014,065[43], 997,778[44], 946,429[45]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Astrakhan Oblast[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Astrakhan Oblast[48]
  • Category for people buried here: Q7974760[49]

Why It Matters

Astrakhan Oblast has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Astrakhan State Medical University Astrakhan State Technical University Astrakhan State University Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Volga

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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