Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai
Забайкальский край (Russian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 54°00′N 118°00′E / 54.000°N 118.000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Far Eastern |
| Economic region | Far Eastern |
| Established | 1 March 2008 |
| Administrative center | Chita |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Aleksandr Osipov |
| Area | |
• Total | 431,892 km2 (166,754 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 12th |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,004,125 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,072,806 |
| • Rank | 50th |
| • Density | 2.32494/km2 (6.02158/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 69.1% |
| • Rural | 30.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-ZAB |
| License plates | 75, 80 |
| OKTMO ID | 76000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | http://www.забайкальскийкрай.рф |
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Russian Far East. Its administrative center is Chita. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,107,107.
The krai was created on 1 March 2008, as a result of a merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug after a referendum held on the issue on 11 March 2007. In 2018, the krai became part of the Far Eastern Federal District.