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Kamchatka Oblast (Kamchatskaya oblast) was (until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai

Kamchatka Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia. It is a krai formed July 1, 2007 as a result of the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on October 23, 2005....
 on July 1, 2007) a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
 and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia....
. Koryak Autonomous Okrug
Koryak Autonomous Okrug

Koryak Okrug , or Koryakia, is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It was a federal subjects of Russia of Russia from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast....
 was located in the northern part of the oblast. Including Koryakia, the total area of the oblast was 472,300 kmē, encompassing the southern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of 472,300 km?. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west....
.The climate is cold and humid.

Kamchatka's natural resources include coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
, gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, mica
Mica

The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic with a tendency towards pseudo-hexagonal crystals and are similar in chemical composition....
, pyrite
Pyrite

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula ironsulfur2. This mineral's metallic Lustre and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold due to its resemblance to gold....
s, and natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
.






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Kamchatka Oblast (Kamchatskaya oblast) was (until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai

Kamchatka Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia. It is a krai formed July 1, 2007 as a result of the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on October 23, 2005....
 on July 1, 2007) a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
 and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia....
. Koryak Autonomous Okrug
Koryak Autonomous Okrug

Koryak Okrug , or Koryakia, is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It was a federal subjects of Russia of Russia from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast....
 was located in the northern part of the oblast. Including Koryakia, the total area of the oblast was 472,300 kmē, encompassing the southern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of 472,300 km?. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west....
.The climate is cold and humid.

Kamchatka's natural resources include coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
, gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, mica
Mica

The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic with a tendency towards pseudo-hexagonal crystals and are similar in chemical composition....
, pyrite
Pyrite

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula ironsulfur2. This mineral's metallic Lustre and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold due to its resemblance to gold....
s, and natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
. Most of the inhabitants live in the administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai ....
. The main employment sectors are fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
, forestry
Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
, tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 (a growing industry), and the Russian military
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the military of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR under Russian Federation control....
. There is still a large military presence on the peninsula; the home base of Russia's Pacific submarine
Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability....
 fleet is across Avacha Bay
Avacha Bay

Avacha Bay is a Pacific Ocean bay by the southeastern coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is 24 km long and 3 km wide , with a maximum depth of 26 m....
 from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai ....
 at the Rybachy base. There are also several air force bases and radar sites in Kamchatka.

As of the 2002 All-Russian Population Census, the majority of the 358,801 population is Russian
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 (290,108), largest minorities are Ukrainian
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
 (20,870) and Koryak
Koryaks

Koryaks are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Anadyr River basin and the country to the immediate north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southernmost limit of their range being Tigilsk....
 (7,328). The northern part of the peninsula is occupied by Koryak Autonomous Okrug
Koryak Autonomous Okrug

Koryak Okrug , or Koryakia, is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It was a federal subjects of Russia of Russia from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast....
, where around 6,700 Koryaks
Koryaks

Koryaks are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Anadyr River basin and the country to the immediate north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southernmost limit of their range being Tigilsk....
 live. A small number of Evens
Evens

The Evens or Eveny are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in some of the regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha Republic east of the Lena River....
 also live here.

Geography


Time zone


Kamchatka Oblast is located in the Kamchatka Time Zone (PETT/PETST). UTC
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
 offset is +1200 (PETT)/+1300 (PETST).

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