Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast (Russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, romanized: Tyumenskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in Western Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals Federal District. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen Oblast, including its autonomous okrugs, is the third-largest federal subject by area, and has a population of 3,395,755 (2010).

Tyumen Oblast
Тюменская область
Tyumen Oblast, including the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (pink)
Coordinates: 57°50′N 69°00′E
CountryRussia
Federal districtUral
Economic regionWest Siberia
Administrative centerTyumen
Government
  BodyOblast Duma
  GovernorAleksandr Moor
Area
  Total160,122 km2 (61,823 sq mi)
Population
  Total3,823,910
  Estimate 
(2018)
3,692,400
  Rank28th
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
  Urban
80.8%
  Rural
19.2%
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
ISO 3166 codeRU-TYU
License plates72
OKTMO ID71000000
Official languagesRussian
Websiteadmtyumen.ru

Tyumen is the largest city and capital of Tyumen Oblast, and the first Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains.

Tyumen Oblast is the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the country, and has experienced an oil boom since the early 2000s. The rapid growth of the fuel industry has made the oblast by far the richest federal subject of Russia, with an average GDP per capita several times the national average since 2006.

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