Chelyabinsk Oblast Totally Explained

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Chelyabinsk Oblast (Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.
Area: 87,900 km²; population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census); 3,623,732 (1989 Census).

Geography

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census).
The census counted the following seventeen recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Chelyabinsk Oblast:
• 2,965,568 Russians (82.3%);
• 205,041 Tatars (5.69%);
• 166,372 Bashkirs (4.62%);
• 76,994 Ukrainians (2.14%);
• 36,219 Kazakhs (1.00%);
• 28,457 Germans (0.79%);
• 20,355 Belarusians (0.56%);
• 18,055 Mordvins (0.50%);
• 9,483 Chuvash (0.26%);
• 8,601 Armenians (0.24%);
• 7,379 Azeris (0.20%);
• 5,125 Tajiks (0.14%);
• 4,930 Jews (0.14%);
• 3,486 Mari (0.10%);
• 3,344 Udmurts (0.09%);
• 3,324 Roma (0.09%);
• 3,057 Uzbeks (0.08%).
In addition, a further 0.24% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.

Religion

Majority are Orthodox Christians, with a minority following Islam at around 15%.

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