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Chita Oblast

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Chita Oblast

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oblast of Russia

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Within Vinony's link graph, Chita Oblast is referenced by 210 other articles, and connects out to Russia, China and Mongolia.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd.

It is catalogued under topics including 1937 establishments in the Soviet Union, 2008 disestablishments in Russia and Chita Oblast.

Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Established
26 September 1937
Disestablished
1 March 2008

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Chita
Capital
Chita
Population
1135700
Area
431500
Time zone
Yakutsk Time
Head of government
Ravil Geniatulin
Shares border with
Mongolia
Official website
www.chitaobl.ru
Image
30278820114 chita-morning-november-2016-russia.jpg
Dialing code
302
Licence plate code
75
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Commons category
Chita Oblast
topic's main category
Category:Chita Oblast
category for people born here
Category:Births in Chita Oblast
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2008-02-29
inception
1937-09-26
replaced by
Zabaykalsky Krai
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofRussia  · Zabaykalsky Krai

Chita Oblast (Russian: Чити́нская о́бласть, romanized: Čitínskaja óblastj, IPA: [tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China (998 km) and Mongolia (868 km) and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the republics of Buryatia and Yakutia. Its area was 431,500 square kilometers (166,600 sq mi). Population: 1,155,346 (2002 census); 1,377,975 (1989 Soviet census).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chita Oblast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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