Arkhangelsk Oblast
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Arkhangelsk Oblast (Арха́нгельская о́бласть) is a regional subdivision of Russia. It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya island, and also the autonomous district of Nenetsia.
Excluding Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 km² and a population of 1336539 (2002 All-Russian Population Census).
Arkhangelsk is the administrative center of the region, with a population of around 350,000.
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Geography
Time zone
Arkhangelsk Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
Administrative division
Districts
Arkhangelsk Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):
- Kargopolsky (Каргопольский)
- Kholmogorsky (Холмогорский)
- Konoshsky (Коношский)
- Kotlassky (Котласский)
- Krasnoborsky (Красноборский)
- Lensky (Ленский)
- Leshukonsky (Лешуконский)
- Mezensky (Мезенский)
- Nyandomsky (Няндомский)
- Onezhsky (Онежский)
- Pinezhsky (Пинежский)
- Plesetsky (Плесецкий)
- Primorsky (Приморский)
- Shenkursky (Шенкурский)
- Solovetsky (Соловецкий)
- Ustyyanovsky (Устьяновский)
- Velsky (Вельский)
- Verkhnetoyemsky (Верхнетоемский)
- Vilegodsky (Вилегодский)
- Vinogradovsky (Виноградовский)
Islands (not a part of any district)
- Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца-Иосифа)
- Novaya Zemlya Island (Новая Земля)
Major cities and towns
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