| Kurgan Oblast (English) Курганская область (Russian) |
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 Location of Kurgan Oblast in Russia |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Kurgan Oblast |
 Flag of Kurgan Oblast |
| Anthem: None | |
| Administrative center | Kurgan |
| Established | February 6, 1943 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Urals Urals |
| Code | 45 |
| Area | |
| Area - Rank within Russia |
71,000 km² 43rd |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
1,019,532 inhabitants 53rd 14.4 inhab. / km² 56.3% 43.7% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Oleg Bogomolov |
| Legislative body | Oblast Duma |
| Charter | Charter of Kurgan Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.kurganobl.ru/ | |
Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.
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Geography
Time zone
Kurgan Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russians (932,613) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, making up 91.4% of the population. Other prominent ethnic groups in the region include Tatars (20,899) at 2%, Bashkirs (15,343) at 1.5%, Kazakhs (14,804) 1.5%, and Ukrainians (11,243) at 1.1%. The remainder of the population identified with over 140 different ethnic groups each accounting for less than 0.5% of the population. A small number of people (391) declined to state their ethnicity on the survey.
- Total Population: 1,019,532
- Urban: 574,381 (56.3%)
- Rural: 445,151 (43.7%)
- Male: 470,578 (46.2%)
- Female: 548,954 (53.8%)
- Females per 1000 males: 1,167
- Average age: 38.2
- Urban: 37.5
- Rural: 39.0
- Male: 35.2
- Female: 40.5
- Number of households: 388,304 (with 1,005,735 people)
- Urban: 220,813 (with 566,984 people)
- Rural: 167,491 (with 438,751 people)
