Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast () 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.
Time zone
Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the
Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOVT/NOVST).
UTC offset is +0600 (NOVT)/+0700 (NOVST).
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Official website of Novosibirsk Oblast.
