Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast
Мурманская область (Russian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 68°02′N 34°34′E / 68.033°N 34.567°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Northwestern |
| Economic region | Northern |
| Established | May 28, 1938 |
| Administrative center | Murmansk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma |
| • Governor | Andrey Chibis |
| Area | |
• Total | 144,902 km2 (55,947 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 26th |
| Population | |
• Total | 667,744 |
• Estimate (2018) | 753,557 |
| • Rank | 62nd |
| • Density | 4.60825/km2 (11.9353/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 93.1% |
| • Rural | 6.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-MUR |
| License plates | 51 |
| OKTMO ID | 47000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.gov-murman.ru/ |
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of 144,900 square kilometres (55,900 sq mi). Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bordered internationally by Finland to the west and Norway to the northwest and the Barents Sea lies to the north and White Sea lies to the south and east. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409; however, at the 2021 Census, the population had declined to 667,744.