Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast
Новосибирская область (Russian) | |
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| Coordinates: 55°27′N 79°33′E / 55.450°N 79.550°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Siberian |
| Economic region | West Siberian |
| Established | September 28, 1937 |
| Administrative center | Novosibirsk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Andrey Travnikov |
| Area | |
• Total | 177,756 km2 (68,632 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 18th |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,797,176 |
• Estimate (2018) | 2,788,849 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 15.7360/km2 (40.7562/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 79.6% |
| • Rural | 20.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-NVS |
| License plates | 54, 154 |
| OKTMO ID | 50000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | novo-sibirsk |
Novosibirsk Oblast (Russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, romanized: Novosibirskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk, the third-largest city in the country. As of the 2021 Census, Novosibirsk Oblast had a population of 2,797,176 with the majority, 1.63 million, lives in Novosibirsk.