Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast (Russian: Сама́рская о́бласть, tr. Samarskaya oblast, IPA: [sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast (Russian: Ку́йбышевская о́бласть, tr. Kuybyshevskaya Oblast, IPA: [ˈkujbɨʂɨfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]). As of the 2021 Census, the population of the oblast was 3,172,925.
Samara Oblast | |
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| Самарская область | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Anthem of Samara Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′N 50°27′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Volga |
| Administrative center | Samara |
| Government | |
| • Body | Regional Duma |
| • Governor | Dmitry Azarov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53,565 km2 (20,682 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 50th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,172,925 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 3,193,514 |
| • Rank | 11th |
| • Urban | 79.6% |
| • Rural | 20.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-SAM |
| License plates | 63, 163, 763 |
| OKTMO ID | 36000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | www |
The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Province) in the south, Saratov Oblast in the southwest and Ulyanovsk Oblast in the west.
It is located in 3 natural landscape zones: the forest zone (coniferous and broad-leaved forests), the basis of which is pine-oak forests, pine forests and broad-leaved forests with the participation of oak and maple. Spruce occasionally joins them. Areas of the southern taiga are found on the coast of the region. The forest-steppe zone occupies the central regions of the region and is represented by a combination of areas of broad-leaved forests, most often oak and meadow steppes. Red deer, roe deer, elk, and sometimes bears are found in these forests. The south of the region is occupied by steppes consisting of typchak and sagebrush.