Back Oblast Rostov ACE Rostof-oblast Afrikaans مقاطعة روستوف Arabic روستوڤ ARZ Óblast de Rostov AST Rostov vilayəti Azerbaijani روستوف اوبلاستی AZB Ростов өлкәһе Bashkir Растоўская вобласць Byelorussian Растоўская вобласьць BE-X-OLD
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Rostov Oblast | |
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| Ростовская область | |
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| Anthem: Anthem of Rostov Oblast (The Orthodox Quiet Don)[3] | |
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| Coordinates: 47°52′N 41°11′E / 47.867°N 41.183°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Southern[1] |
| Economic region | North Caucasus[2] |
| Administrative center | Rostov-on-Don[4] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Acting Governor[6] | Yury Slyusar[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100,967 km2 (38,984 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 32nd |
| Population | |
| • Total |  4,200,729
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| • Estimate (2018)[9] | 4,220,452 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Urban | 67.9% |
| • Rural | 32.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [10]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-ROS |
| License plates | 61, 161, 761 |
| OKTMO ID | 60000000 |
| Official languages | Russian[11] |
| Website | http://www.donland.ru/ |
Rostov Oblast (Russian: Росто́вская о́бласть, romanized: Rostovskaya oblast', IPA: [rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of 100,967 square kilometers (38,984 sq mi) and a population of 4,200,729 (2021 Census),[8] making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Rostov-on-Don, which also became the administrative center of the Southern Federal District in 2002.
- ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Law #30-ZS
- ^ Charter of Rostov Oblast, Article 14
- ^ "Governor of key Russian region hit by Ukraine drones resigns". Reuters. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ Charter of Rostov Oblast, Article 27
- ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (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.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ^ Charter of Rostov Oblast, Article 13