Back Krai Stavropol ACE Stawropol-krai Afrikaans كراي ستافروبول Arabic ستاڤروبول ARZ Krai de Stávropol AST Ставропол край AV Stavropol diyarı Azerbaijani استاوروپول دیاری AZB Ставрополь крайы Bashkir Стаўрапольскі край Byelorussian
Stavropol Krai | |
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| Ставропольский край | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Anthem of Stavropol Krai Anthem of Southern Russia (Unofficial) [3] | |
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| Coordinates: 45°03′N 43°16′E / 45.050°N 43.267°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | North Caucasian[1] |
| Economic region | North Caucasus[2] |
| Administrative center | Stavropol |
| Government | |
| • Body | Duma[4] |
| • Governor[4] | Vladimir Vladimirov[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 66,160 km2 (25,540 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 45th |
| Population | |
| • Total |  2,907,593
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| • Estimate (2018)[8] | 2,800,674 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Urban | 60.6% |
| • Rural | 39.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [9]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-STA |
| License plates | 26, 126 |
| OKTMO ID | 07000000 |
| Official languages | Russian[10] |
| Website | http://www.stavregion.ru |
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Stavropol Krai (Russian: Ставропо́льский край, romanized: Stavropolʹskiy kray), also known as Stavropolye (Russian: Ставропо́лье), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia, and is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. Stavropol Krai has a population of 2,907,593, according to the 2021 Census.
Stavropol is the largest city and the capital of Stavropol Krai, and Pyatigorsk is the administrative center of the North Caucasian Federal District.
Stavropol Krai is bordered by Krasnodar Krai to the west, Rostov Oblast to the north-west, Kalmykia to the north, Dagestan to the east, and Chechnya, North Ossetia–Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia to the south. It is one of the most multi-ethnic federal subjects in Russia, with thirty-three ethnic groups with more than 2,000 persons each. The western area of Stavropol Krai is considered part of the Kuban region, the traditional home of the Kuban Cossacks, with most of the krai's population living in the drainage basin of the Kuban River.
- ^ 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 #14
- ^ a b Charter of Stavropol Krai, Article 8
- ^ Official website of Stavropol Krai. Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladimirov, Governor of Stavropol Krai (in Russian)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ October 17, 1924 is the date of establishment of North Caucasus Krai, which underwent several renamings and administrative changes before stabilizing in its present borders.