Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan Oblast
Курганская область (Russian) | |
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| Coordinates: 55°34′N 64°45′E / 55.567°N 64.750°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Ural |
| Economic region | Ural |
| Established | February 6, 1943 |
| Administrative center | Kurgan |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma |
| • Governor | Vadim Shumkov |
| Area | |
• Total | 71,488 km2 (27,602 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 43rd |
| Population | |
• Total | 776,661 |
• Estimate (2018) | 845,537 |
| • Rank | 59th |
| • Density | 10.864/km2 (28.138/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 63.9% |
| • Rural | 36.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KGN |
| License plates | 45 |
| OKTMO ID | 37000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.kurganobl.ru/ |
Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, romanized: Kurganskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. According to the 2021 Census, the population was 776,661, down from 910,807 recorded in the 2010 Census.