Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast
Костромская область (Russian) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 58°33′N 43°41′E / 58.550°N 43.683°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Central |
| Economic region | Central |
| Established | August 13, 1944 |
| Administrative center | Kostroma |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma |
| • Governor | Sergey Sitnikov |
| Area | |
• Total | 60,211 km2 (23,248 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 47th |
| Population | |
• Total | 580,976 |
• Estimate (2018) | 643,324 |
| • Rank | 68th |
| • Density | 9.6490/km2 (24.991/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 73.7% |
| • Rural | 26.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KOS |
| License plates | 44 |
| OKTMO ID | 34000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | adm44 |
Kostroma Oblast (Russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, romanized: Kostromskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,976. It was formed on August 13, 1944 on the territory detached from neighboring Yaroslavl Oblast.
Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century. Its major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev.