Astrakhan metropolitan area

The Astrakhan metropolitan area (Russian: Астраханская агломерация) is a metropolitan area in the Volga Delta area of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia centered around its capital city, Astrakhan.

Astrakhan metropolitan area
Астраханская агломерация
Astrakhan metropolitan area is located in Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan metropolitan area
Astrakhan metropolitan area
Astrakhan metropolitan area is located in Russia
Astrakhan metropolitan area
Astrakhan metropolitan area
Coordinates: 46°20′51″N 48°01′48″E / 46.3476°N 48.0301°E / 46.3476; 48.0301
CountryRussia
RegionAstrakhan Oblast
Population
810,763[1]
Time zoneUTC+4:00

It is one of the most multicultural urban areas in the country. The three largest ethnic communities are Russians (58.9%), Kazakhs (14.3%) and Tatars (7.3%).[2] Various Dagestani peoples make up a few more percent. Smaller but significant communities include Armenians, Ukrainians, Chechens, Jews and the Roma.[citation needed]

Borders

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While the term agglomeration, synonymous to metro area, is commonly used by various government agencies and media outlets in Russia, it does not have a legal definition. That makes precise population and area figures as well as definite borders unavailable for most such areas in the country. This is the case for Astrakhan, too. A map by the Ministry of Transport suggests that the metropolitan region covers the entirety of Astrakhan City and Privolzhsky District as well as parts of Kamyzyaksky, Ikryaninsky, Krasnoyarsky, Narimanovsky, and Volodarsky districts.[3] It does not specify which municipalities of the latter districts belong to the agglomeration and only shows a rough approximation of where it ends, so all of these districts will be counted in their entirety when it comes to population figures on this page.

The metropolitan area includes ten localities with a population of over 5,000 people each, as well as dozens of smaller villages scattered between them.

Locality Type Population
Astrakhan city, oblast seat 529,793
Kamyzyak city, district seat 15,749
Krasny Yar village, district seat 12,214
Narimanov city, district seat 10,764
Volodarsky settlement, district seat 10,136
Ikryanoye village, district seat 10,036
Krasnye Barrikady settlement 6,397
Starokucherganovka village 6,343
Nachalovo village, district seat 5,451
Solyanka village 5,332

References

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  1. ^ This figure includes the entire population of Astrakhan City and the six adjacent districts fully or partly included in the agglomeration by the Ministry of Transport.
  2. ^ These figures account for the combined populated of Astrakhan City and the six adjacent districts. Ethnic composition data taken from Tim Bespyatov. "Astrakhan Oblast (2002)". Population statistics of Eastern Europe & former USSR. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  3. ^ "Astrakhan City Agglomeration". Russian Ministry of Transport Priority Project: Safe High-Quality Roads. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2020-08-05.