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Rostov-on-Don
Ростов-на-Дону | |
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      Clockwise from top: Don River embankment; Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos; Gorky Drama Theatre; Platov Airport; Rostov Arena; and Rostov City Hall | |
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| Coordinates: 47°13′21″N 39°42′36″E / 47.22250°N 39.71000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Founded | 1749[2] |
| City status since | 1796[2] |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma[3] |
| • Head[3] | Zinaida Neyarokhina[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 348.5 km2 (134.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,089,261 |
• Estimate (2018)[7] | 1,130,305 (+3.8%) |
| • Rank | 10th in 2010 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | Rostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[1] |
| • Capital of | Rostov Oblast,[8] Rostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Rostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[9] |
| • Capital of | Rostov-na-Donu Urban Okrug[9] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [10]) |
| Postal code(s)[11] | 344000–344002, 344004, 344006, 344007, 344009–344013, 344015, 344016, 344018–344023, 344025, 344029, 344030, 344032–344034, 344037–344039, 344041, 344045, 344048, 344050, 344052, 344055, 344056, 344058, 344064, 344065, 344068, 344069, 344072, 344079, 344082, 344090–344095, 344101, 344103, 344111–344114, 344116, 344700, 344880, 344890, 344899, 344960–344965, 344999, 901078, 995100 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 863 |
| OKTMO ID | 60701000001 |
| City Day | Third Sunday of September[12] |
| Website | www |
Rostov-on-Don[a] is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.
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- ^ Official website of Rostov-on-Don. Biography of Zinaida Vasilyevna Neyarokhina Archived July 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, the Head of Rostov-on-Don (in Russian)
- ^ "About the City". Official website of Rostov-on-Don (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 12, 2013.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ Charter of Rostov-on-Don, Article 1
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- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ Charter of Rostov-on-Don, Article 4
- ^ Rostov Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Cities with Populations of 100,000 and Over Archived July 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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