Orenburg Oblast

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Orenburg Oblast (Russian: Оренбу́ргская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District, and its administrative center is the city of Orenburg.

Area: 124,000 km²; population: 2,179,551 (2002 Census); 2,174,459 (1989 Census).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
3 Agriculture and industry

[edit] Geography

The most important river of the oblast is the Ural.

[edit] Time zone

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Orenburg Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

[edit] Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Orenburg Oblast

[edit] Agriculture and industry

Orenburg Oblast is one of the major agricultural areas of Russia. Its climate is favorable for farming: humid spring, dry summer and a large number of sunny days make perfect conditions for cultivating hard wheat and rye, sunflowers, potatoes, peas, beans, corn, and gourds.

The range of Orenburg export commodities includes: oil and oil products, gas and gas produced products, rolled ferrous and non-ferrous metals, nickel, asbestos, chrome compounds, rough copper, electric engines, radiators, products of machine-building industry.

Administrative divisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

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Autonomous oblast	Jewish
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