Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast (Russian: Му́рманская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the north-western part of Russia. Its administrative center is Murmansk. Area 144,900 km², population 892,534 (as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
- 2.2 Closed settlements
3 See also

Geography

Geographically it is located mainly on the Kola Peninsula, and it is a part of the larger Lapland region that spans over four countries. Murmansk Oblast borders to Karelia, Finnmark County in Norway and Lapland Province in Finland. Norrbotten County in Sweden is also located nearby.

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Districts

Murmansk Oblast consists of the following districts (raions):

Kolsky (Кольский)
Kovdorsky (Ковдорский)
Lovozersky (Ловозерский)
Pechengsky (Печенгский)
Tersky (Терский)

Closed settlements

Ostrovnoy (Островной)
Polyarny (Полярный)
Severomorsk (Североморск)
Skalisty (Скалистый)
Snezhnogorsk (Снежногорск)
Vidyayevo (Видяево)
Zaozyorsk (Заозёрск)

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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

On 1 January 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on merging Ust-Orda Buryatia into Irkutsk Oblast. If the result is in favour, the merger will take effect on 1 January 2008.
On 1 July 2007, Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia will merge to form Kamchatka Krai.

Federal districts

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