Vladimir Oblast

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Vladimir Oblast Владимирская область
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Flag Coat of arms of Vladimir Oblast
Country	Russia
Oblast	Vladimir Oblast
Federal District	Central
Economic Region	Central
Administrative center	Vladimir
Government
• Type	Legislature
• Body	Oblast Duma
• Governor	Nikolai Vinogradov
Area
• City	29,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Area rank	66th
Population (2010)
• Rank	31st
• Urban	77.6%
• Rural	22.4%
ISO 3166 code	RU-VLA
Vehicle registration	33
Website	http://www.avo.ru

Vladimir Oblast (Russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, Vladimirskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located 190 kilometres (120 mi) east of Moscow. The 12th-century cathedrals of Vladimir, Suzdal, Bogolyubovo, and Kideksha are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Geography

Vladimir Oblast borders Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblasts.

The relief, geological structure and mineral resources

The territory is located in the heart of the East European Plain , the main part of the territory - slightly hilly plain with a general lowering of the Klin-Dmitrov Ridge (altitude to 271 m) to the north, through Vladimir (Yuryevo) Opole (height 236 m), then south to Meshcherskaya lowlands (average altitude 120 m) and east across the Oka-Tsninsky shaft (up to 184 m) and Gorokhovets spur (upper point - 191 m) to Balakhna lowland (90 m) and the mouth of the Klyazma (67 m).

Mineral resources

The main mineral resources of the region are limestone, peat, construction sand and stone, refractory and brick clays. Reserves of peat in the amount of 59 million tons, most of them lies within Meshcherskaya lowlands. Total deposits of limestone are 30 million tons and are located in the Oka-Tsninskogo shaft, where their thickness reaches 130 meters (Kovrov, Vyaznikovsky, Sudogodskoye, Selivanovsky areas).

Quartz sand - clean, small, almost no impurities of clay particles of glacial origin are federal significance, in large numbers occur in the southern region (Gus-Crystal and Melenkovsky areas). Sands used for the production of glass and crystal . Also in the area there are phosphates , iron ore , there are small deposits of gypsum , fluxing materials and metallurgical dolomite local significance.

In the region there are natural sources of mineral waters.

Climate

The climate of the area is temperate continental with warm summers and moderately cold winters and pronounced the transitional seasons. The duration of the period with average temperature below 0 ° C - 137 days, the mean annual temperature 5 ° C (standard deviation of 12 ° C), the average January temperature of -11 ° C in the north-west region to -12 ° C in the southeast, in July about +18 ° C. The average annual rainfall of 550-600 mm, the maximum precipitation occurs in summer. In winter, forming a stable snowpack, the average thickness of snow cover of 40 mm (the average is 144 days). Vegetation period is 160-180 days.

Water resources

The overall surface cover by water in the oblast is 32.9 thousand ha.

The main rivers of the area are the Klyazma and Oka. The oblast has 560 large and small rivers with a total length of more than 8,6 thousand km. The Klyazma flows into the Oka River in the south-eastern outskirts of the border with the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The biggest tributaries of the Klyazma are Shearn (with the influx of Molokcha ) Kirzhach (with its tributaries Large and Small Kirzhach ) Peksha , Koloksha , Nerl , Sudogda , Uvod , Luh , Suvorosch, and the tributaries of the Oka are Gus, Unzha and Ushna. The Dubna River, a tributary of the Volga originates near Aleksandrov. The Oka River is navigable on the entire reach crossing the Oblast (157 km). Generally the rivers have wide valleys and meandering channel. The hydrologicr regime of rivers is characterized by high spring and low summer-autumn discharges water with individual floods during heavy rains.

There are about 300 lakes with total area of five thousand hectares. Most of them are small, closed lakes, and many are overgrown with peat layer. Origin of the lakes is different. Numerous lakes, oxbow lakes scattered along river valleys. The largest of them - Urvanovskoe (12 km long) and Vishal (length about 10 km). In Meshcherskaya lowlands and the north-west of the lake there are ancient alluvial valleys: Isihry , Holy, etc. The lakes of karst origin, located in the lower reaches of the Klyazma and center Vyazniki County (north-east region), are strongly mineralized water and connected with an underground watercourses. The largest and deepest of them - Lake Kschara . In the District of Aleksandrov and Yuriev Polish district meet glacial lakes of small size.

The main arrays swamps of the region (their total area is 37.4 thousand hectares) occur in Meshcherskaya and Balakhna (north-east region) lowlands.

Administrative divisions

The oblast includes 16 rayons (districts) and 5 urban okrugs (circles).

Administrative divisions (raions) of Vladimir Oblast

Urban Okrugs (Circles)

№	Coat of Arms	Name of Urban okrug	Area (km²)	Population (2010).	Population Rank
I		Vladimir	308,0	340 188	1
II		Gus-Khrustalny	43,0	63 432	4
III		Kovrov	57,4	148 355	2
IV		Murom	43,8	116 991	3
V		Raduzhny (ZATO)	113,2	17 899	5

Aleksandrov

Vyazniki

Gorokhovets

Gus-Khrustalny

Kameshkovo

Kirzhach

Kovrov

Kolchugino

Melenki

Murom

Petushki

Selivanovo

Sobinka

Sudogda

Suzdal

Yuryev-Polsky

Rayons (Districts)

№	Coat of Arms	Name of rayon	Area (km²)	Area rank	Population '000 (2010)	Population rank	Аdministrative center	Population '000 (2010)
1		Аleksandrov Rayon	1 834	6	114 613	1	Aleksandrov	62 713
2		Vyazniki Rayon	2 252	3	81 011	2	Vyazniki	40 479
3		Gorokhovets Rayon	1 487	10	22 696	15	Gorokhovets	13 099
4		Gus-Khrustalny Rayon	4 370	1	44 032	7	Gus-Khrustalny
5		Kameshkovo Rayon	1 090	15	31 797	12	Kameshkovo	13 494
6		Kirzhach Rayon	1 135	14	40 042	9	Kirzhach	29639
7		Kovrov Rayon	1 817	7	29 659	13	Kovrov
8		Кolchugino Rayon	1 148	13	55 534	5	Kolchugino	45 379
9		Мeleniki Rayon	2 221	4	36 945	11	Melenki	15 097
10		Murom Rayon	1 050	16	24 683	14	Murom
11		Petushki Rayon	1 692	8	63 279	3	Petushki	14 523
12		Selivanovo Rayon	1 388	12	18 863	16	Krasnaya Gorbatka	8 478
13		Sobinka Rayon	1 524	9	57 854	4	Sobinka	19 328
14		Sudogda Rayon	2 300	2	40 747	8	Sudogda	12 035
15		Suzdal Rayon	1 479	11	44 236	6	Suzdal	10 875
16		Yuryev-Polsky Rayon	1 910	5	37 228	10	Yuryev-Polsky	19 444

Demographics

• Births (2008 ): 15,699 (10.9 per 1000)
• Deaths (2008 ): 27,230 (18.9 per 1000)

References

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