Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast

Infobox Russian federal subject
EnglishName=Penza Oblast
RussianName=Пензенская область
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CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of Arms of Penza Oblast


FlagLink=Flag of Penza Oblast
AnthemLink="None"
AdmCtrOrCapital=Administrative center
AdmCtrName=Penza
FoundationDate=February 4, 1939
PoliticalStatus=Oblast
PoliticalStatusLink=Oblasts of Russia
FederalDistrict=Volga
EconomicRegion=Volga
CodeNumber=58
Area=43200
AreaRank=59th
Population=1452941
PopulationRank=34th
UrbanPopulation=65.6%
RuralPopulation=34.4%
LangLangs
LangList=Russian
Website=http://www.penza.ru/

Penza Oblast ( _ru. Пе́нзенская о́бласть, "Penzenskaya oblast") is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. The administrative center is Penza.

Area: 43,200 km²; population: 1,452,941 (as of the 2002 Census).

Geography

Time zone

Penza Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Total number of births: 11,827 (2005) 12,046 (2006)

Total number of deaths: 25,790 (2005) 24,042 (2006) [http://www.penza.ru/en/about_penza/Population]

*Births: 7,962 (Jan-July 2008)
*Deaths: 13,608 (Jan-July 2008 [http://www.penza.ru/common/pepole] )

Cellular networks

Penza is covered by two Russian nationwide cellular providers: Beeline and Megafon, and two regional cell networks — Smarts and ON-GSM. Those are working in GSM 900/1800 standard.

External links

*ru icon [http://www.penza.ru/root Official website of Penza Oblast] .
* [http://spravkapnz.ru/ The regional catalogue of Penza City and Penza Oblast enterprises] ru icon


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