Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast

Астраханская область (Russian)
Astrakhan Oblast Астраханская область (Russian)
Oblast
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 47°14′N 47°14′E / 47.233°N 47.233°E
Country	Russia
Federal district	Southern
Economic region	Volga
Established	December 27, 1943
Administrative center	Astrakhan
Government
• Body	Oblast Duma
• Governor	Igor Babushkin
Area
• Total	49,024 km2 (18,928 sq mi)
• Rank	55th
Population (2021 census)
• Total	960,142 57% Russians; 14.7% Kazakhs; 5% Tatars; 1.46% Dagestanis; 0.97% Nogai; 0.72% Chechens; 0.64% Azerbaijanis; 0.55% Kalmyk; 3.61% other; 15 % not stated;
• Estimate (2018)	1,017,514
• Rank	78th
• Density	19.585/km2 (50.725/sq mi)
• Urban	64.4%
• Rural	35.6%
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 )
ISO 3166 code	RU-AST
License plates	30
OKTMO ID	12000000
Official languages	Russian
Website	http://www.astrobl.ru/

Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, romanized: Astrakhanskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073.