Novgorod Oblast

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Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established in 1944. It is located in the Northwestern Federal District, between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The administrative center is the city of Velikiy Novgorod.

1 Geography
2 Population
- 2.1 Time zone
3 Administrative divisions
4 External link

[edit] Geography

The area of the oblast is 53,895 km². Novgorod Oblast borders Leningrad Oblast (NW,N), Vologda Oblast (E), Tver Oblast (SE,S) and Pskov Oblast (SW).

The western part is a lowland around the Lake Ilmen, while the eastern part is a highland (northern spurs of the Valdai Hills). The highest point is Mount Ryzhokha (296 m).

[edit] Population

The oblast is the smallest in european part of Russia in terms of population: its population was 694,355 according to the 2002 Census, down from about 753,000 in 1989. One of the reasons for a relatively low population density is that the area heavily suffered during the World War II. The fraction of urban population is 70%. There are 10 cities and towns.

[edit] Time zone

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Novgorod Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

[edit] Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast

[edit] External link

(English) Official website of Novgorod Oblast.

Administrative divisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

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Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk¹ \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk² \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tula \| Tver \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia¹ \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Taymyria¹ \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia