Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass
Кемеровская область — Кузбасс (Russian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Anthem of Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′18″N 86°05′24″E / 55.355°N 86.090°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Siberian |
| Economic region | West Siberian |
| Established | January 26, 1943 |
| Administrative center | Kemerovo |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Ilya Seredyuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 95,725 km2 (36,960 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 34th |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,600,923 |
• Estimate (2018) | 2,694,877 |
| • Rank | 16th |
| • Density | 27.171/km2 (70.372/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 86.5% |
| • Rural | 13.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KEM |
| License plates | 42, 142 |
| OKTMO ID | 32000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.ako.ru |
Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, romanized: Kemerovskaya oblastʹ, Russian pronunciation: [ˈkʲemʲɪrəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]), also known as Kuzbass (Russian: Кузба́сс, Russian pronunciation: [kʊzˈbas]), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities. Its ethnic composition is predominantly Russian, but native Shors and Kalmak Siberian Tatars also live in the oblast, along with Ukrainians, Volga Tatars, and Chuvash. The population recorded during the 2021 Census was 2,600,923.