Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast
Пензенская область (Russian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 53°15′N 44°34′E / 53.250°N 44.567°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Volga |
| Established | February 4, 1939 |
| Administrative center | Penza |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Oleg Melnichenko |
| Area | |
• Total | 43,352 km2 (16,738 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 59th |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,266,348 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,331,655 |
| • Rank | 35th |
| • Density | 29.211/km2 (75.656/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68.7% |
| • Rural | 31.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-PNZ |
| License plates | 58 |
| OKTMO ID | 56000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://pnzreg.ru |
Penza Oblast (Russian: Пензенская область, IPA: [ˈpʲenzʲɪnskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,266,348. It was formed in 1939 on the territory detached from neighboring Tambov Oblast.