Novosibirsk Oblast

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Novosibirsk Oblast (Template:Lang-ru) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Novosibirsk.

Novosibirsk Oblast (area 178,200 km²; pop. 2,692,251 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census) is located in the southeastern Western Siberian plain, at the foothills of low Salair ridge, between Ob and Irtysh rivers. At west the Novosibirsk Oblast borders to the Omsk Oblast, at north to the Tomsk Oblast and at east to the Kemerovo Oblast. The southern and the southwestern borders of the Novosibirsk oblast are the Altai Krai and the state of Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Oblysy). The territory of the region extends for more than 600 km from west to east, and for more than 400 km from north to south. Novosibirsk region is mainly plain; at south the steppes prevail; at north enormous tracts of woodland with great number of marshes prevail. There are many lakes, the largest ones located at the south. The majority of rivers belongs the Ob basin, many of them falling in dead lakes. Largest lakes are Chani, Sartlan, Ubinskoye and some others.

As of 2002 All-Russian Population Census, Russians make the majority and number 2,504,147. Germans are the second in number - about 47,275. The area is also populated by 33,793 Ukrainians, 27,874 Tatars, 11,691 Kazakhs, 8,380 Belarusians, 7,850 Armenians, 7,366 Azerbaijanis, 4,147 Chuvash and by people of some other nationalities. There are 30 districts and 14 cities.

1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
- 2.2 Cities
3 External link

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Time zone

Image:RTZ5.png Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOVT/NOVST). UTC offset is +0600 (NOVT)/+0700 (NOVST).

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Administrative divisions

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Districts

Novosibirsk Oblast consists of the following districts (raions):

Bagansky (Баганский)
Barabinsky (Барабинский)
Bolotninsky (Болотнинский)
Chanovsky (Чановский)
Cherepanovsky (Черепановский)
Chistoozyorny (Чистоозёрный)
Chulymsky (Чулымский)
Dovolensky (Доволенский)
Iskitimsky (Искитимский)
Karasuksky (Карасукский)
Kargatsky (Каргатский)
Kochenevsky (Коченевский)
Kochkovsky (Кочковский)
Kolyvansky (Колыванский)
Krasnozersky (Краснозерский)
Kupinsky (Купинский)
Kuybyshevsky (Куйбышевский)
Kyshtovsky (Кыштовский)
Maslyaninsky (Маслянинский)
Moshkovsky (Мошковский)
Novosibirsky (Новосибирский)
Ordynsky (Ордынский)
Severny (Северный)
Suzunsky (Сузунский)
Tatarsky (Татарский)
Toguchinsky (Тогучинский)
Ubinsky (Убинский)
Ust-Tarksky (Усть-Таркский)
Vengerovsky (Венгеровский)
Zdvinsky (Здвинский)

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Cities

Barabinsk
Berdsk
Bolotnoye
Cherepanovo
Chulym
Iskitim
Karasuk
Kargat
Kujbyshev
Kupino
Novosibirsk
Ob
Tatarsk
Toguchin

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External link

Template:Ru icon Official website of Novosibirsk Oblast.

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

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Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk¹ \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
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Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia¹ \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Taymyria¹ \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia