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Magadan Oblast is a remote federal region in northeastern Russia, located along the Sea of Okhotsk. It matters historically as a former center of Soviet labor camps and economically as a source of gold, tin, and other minerals, though today it remains one of Russia's most sparsely populated areas.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Part of
- Far Eastern Federal District
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Contains
- Yagodninsky District
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Magadan
- Population
- 139034
- Area
- 465464
- Head of government
- Sergey Nosov
- Shares border with
- Kamchatka Krai
- Official website
- www.49gov.ru
- Image
- Fires in Magadan Region, Russia’s Kolyma Mountains (cropped).jpg
- Licence plate code
- 49
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- Magadan Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Magadan Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Magadan Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Magadan Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Magadan Oblast
- inception
- 1953-12-03
- language used
- Yakut
- native label
- Магаданская область
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Encyclopedic overview
Magadan Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan Oblast has a population of 136,085 (2021 Census), making it the least populated oblast and the third-least populated federal subject in Russia.
Magadan is the largest city and the capital of Magadan Oblast with the majority of the oblast's inhabitants living in the city itself. The coastline has a less severe climate than the interiors, although both are relatively cold for their latitudes.
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