Irkutsk Oblast

Irkutsk Oblast
Иркутская область (Russian)
Coordinates: 57°22′N 106°00′E / 57.367°N 106.000°E / 57.367; 106.000
CountryRussia
Federal districtSiberian
Economic regionEast Siberian
EstablishedSeptember 26, 1937
Administrative centerIrkutsk
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly
 • GovernorIgor Kobzev
Area
 • Total
774,846 km2 (299,170 sq mi)
 • Rank4th
Population
 • Total
2,370,102
 • Estimate 
(2018)
2,404,195
 • Rank20th
 • Density3.05880/km2 (7.92227/sq mi)
 • Urban
77.6%
 • Rural
22.4%
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 )
ISO 3166 codeRU-IRK
License plates38, 85, 138
OKTMO ID25000000
Official languagesRussian
Websitehttp://www.irkobl.ru

Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, romanizedIrkutskaya oblastʹ; Buryat: Эрхүү можо, romanized: Erhüü možo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. It had a population of 2,370,102 at the 2021 Census.