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As of the 2002 Census, 92.2% of the oblast's population live in urban areas. [27] The most populous city is the Oblast's administrative center, Murmansk, with 270,000 inhabitants in 2021. [27] Other large cities and towns include Severomorsk, Apatity, Kandalaksha, Monchegorsk, and Kirovsk .
Apr 5, 2024 · Murmansk, oblast (region), northwestern Russia, occupying the Kola Peninsula between the White and Barents seas. Its upland blocks and mountain massifs, rising to 3,907 feet (1,191 metres) in the Khibiny Mountains, are covered by tundra in the north and swampy forest, or taiga, in the south.
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The population development of Murmansk Oblast as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). Source: Federal State Statistics Service Russia (web).
Capital Murmansk. The Murmansk Region is part of the Northwestern Federal District. Area 144,900 sq km. Population 657 100 (2024) Ethnic groups. (2020 national census, %) Russian – 89,93. Ukrainian – 2,33. Other – 7,74.
Although there was a building boom in the early twentieth century's arms races, Murmansk's population has been in decline since the Cold War, from 468,039 ( 1989 Soviet census); [11] 336,137 ( 2002 Census); [12] 307,257 ( 2010 Russian census); [13] to 270,384 (2021 Census). [14]
Apr 27, 2024 · Murmansk, seaport and center of Murmansk oblast (region), northwestern Russia, lying 125 miles (200 km) north of the Arctic Circle, and on the eastern shore of Kola Bay, 30 miles (48 km) from the ice-free Barents Sea.
Jan 1, 2017 · The population is 762 thousand (2016), city population is 92 %. The regional center is Murmansk (founded in 1916, until 1917 known as Romanov-on-Murman). The city is part of the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. It borders on Finland (approx. 350 km) and Norway (196 km) in the west, in the south it borders on the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
