Ryazan Oblast
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Ryazan Oblast Рязанская область (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Central | ||
| Economic region | Central | ||
| Established | September 26, 1937 | ||
| Administrative center | Ryazan | ||
| Government (as of February 2017) | |||
| • Governor | Nikolay Lyubimov | ||
| • Legislature | Oblast Duma | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 39,600 km2 (15,300 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 58th | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 1,154,114 | ||
| • Rank | 45th | ||
| • Density | 29.14/km2 (75.5/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 70.9% | ||
| • Rural | 29.1% | ||
| Population (January 2015 est.) | |||
| • Total | 1,135,916 | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+03:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-RYA | ||
| License plates | 62 | ||
| Official languages | Russian | ||
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Ryazan Oblast (Russian: Ряза́нская о́бласть, tr. Ryazanskaya oblast; IPA: [rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Population: 1,154,114 (2010 Census).
Ryazan Oblast borders Vladimir Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (NE), the Republic of Mordovia (E), Penza Oblast (SE), Tambov Oblast (S), Lipetsk Oblast (SW), Tula Oblast (W), and Moscow Oblast (NW).
In terms of physical geography, Ryazan Oblast lies in the central part of the Russian Plain between the Central Russian and Volga uplands. The terrain is flat, with a highest point of no more than 300 m above sea level. Soils are podzolic and boggy on the left bank of the Oka, changing southward to more fertile podzolic and leached black-earths (chernozyom).
Most of the Ryazan Oblast lies within the Volga basin, with the Oka the principal river of the area.
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