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Saratov Oblast (Russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, Saratovskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.
Geography
[change | change source]Saratov Oblast is located in southeast of European Russia, in northern part of Lower Volga region and borders are:
- Volgograd Oblast to south
- Voronezh and Tambov oblasts to west
- Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk oblasts to north;
- Republic of Kazakhstan to east.
Demographics
[change | change source]In terms of people,[1] population of this oblast: 2,521,892 (2010).
Ethnic composition (2010):
Religion
[change | change source]A 2012 survey showed these are the major religions in the oblast:[2][3]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine 2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ↑ Arena - Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
- ↑ 2012 Survey Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Archived version Retrieved 15-01-2018.