Amur Oblast

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The Amur Oblast (Russian Амурская область / Amurskaja oblast ) is an oblast ( district) in Russia.

The oblast is located in the Federal District Far East on the Chinese border. The Amur River is the limit, its main tributaries in the oblast are the Zeya and Bureya. The Stanowoigebirge forms the border with the Republic of Sakha.

The majority of the population are Russians and other Slavic peoples, the indigenous Siberian peoples beat statistically insignificant; ( the largest group are the Evenki with 0.2 %).

History

However, the Russian settlement of the area began in the 17th century, to a greater extent in the 19th century. The current capital of Blagoveshchensk was founded in 1858. The oblast was established on 20 October 1932 as part of Khabarovsk region; since August 2, 1948 she is independent.

Economy

In natural resources, among others, coal and gold are encouraged industrially important are energy production, metal processing and the timber industry.

Administrative divisions and cities

The Amur Oblast is divided into 20 Rajons and 9 urban districts.

Administrative center and only city is Blagoveshchensk. More than 20,000 people are still Belogorsk, the well-known for the eponymous rocket launch site Svobodny that. " Capital of the BAM " Tynda, Seja with the near Zeya Dam and Raitschichinsk