Tyumen Oblast (English) Тюменская область (Russian)
Location of Tyumen Oblast in Russia
Coat of Arms	Flag
Coat of arms of Tyumen Oblast	Flag of Tyumen Oblast
Anthem: None
Administrative center	Tyumen
Established	August 14, 1944
Political status Federal district Economic region	Oblast Urals West Siberian
Code	72
Area
Area - Rank within Russia	1,435,200 km² 3rd
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural	3,264,841 inhabitants 11th 2.3 inhab. / km² 77.4% 22.6%
Official language	Russian
Government
Governor	Vladimir Yakushev
Vice-Governor	Sergey Sarychev
Legislative body	Oblast Duma
Charter	Charter of Tyumen Oblast
Official website
http://admtyumen.ru/

Tyumen Oblast (Russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, Tyumenskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khantia-Mansia and Yamalia. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants. As of 2006, it is by far the richest federal subject of Russia, with an average GDP per capita several times the national average.¹

Geography

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Tyumen Oblast

Demographics

Population: 3,264,841 (2002 Census).

Ethnic groups: There were thirty-six recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Tyumen Oblast, making this one of the most multicultural oblasts in Russia. The national composition at the time of the census was: • Russians:(71.56%); • Tatars:(7.18%); • Ukrainians:(6.47%); • Bashkirs:(1.43%); • Azeris:(1.30%); • Belarusians:(1.10%); • Chuvash:(0.93%); • Nenets:(0.87%); • Germans:(0.83%); • Khants:(0.82%); • Kazakhs:(0.57%); • Moldovans:(0.55%); • Armenians:(0.45%); • Kumyks:(0.38%); • Mari:(0.34%); • Lezgin:(0.34%); • Chechens:(0.33%); • Mansi:(0.32%); • Mordovians:(0.30%); • Komi:(0.27%); • Tajiks:(0.24%); • Siberian Tatars:(0.24%); • Uzbeks:(0.24%); • Udmurts:(0.19%); • Nogai:(0.13%); • Bulgarians:(0.11%); • Poles:(0.10%); • Komi-Permiaks:(0.10%); • Georgians:(0.10%); • Kyrgyz:(0.09%); • Avars:(0.08%); • Dargins:(0.08%); • Gagauz:(0.08%); • Ingush:(0.07%); • Roma:(0.06%); • Greeks:(0.06%); • Selkup:(0.06%); • Ossetians:(0.06%); • Komi-Izhems:(0.05%); • Jews:(0.05%); • Koreans:(0.05%), • and 0.50% others. • In addition, another 0.96% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.²

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Birth Rate: 14.20 per 1000

Death Rate: 9.00 per 1000

Net Immigration: +2.9 per 1000

NGR: +0.52% per Year

PGR: +0.81% per Year

Demographics for 2008 Jan-Sep

For the Oblast, excluding autonomous Okrugs. [1]

Honors

A minor planet 2120 Tyumenia discovered in 1967 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Tyumen Oblast.³

See also

• 2007 Siberian orange snow

References

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