Stavropol Krai

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Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai (Stavropolsky kray) is 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....
(a krai

Krai

Krai or kray is a term used to refer to nine of Russia's federal subjects of Russia. The term is often translated as territory, province, country or region....
). Its administrative center is the city of Stavropol

Stavropol

Stavropol is a types of inhabited localities in Russia located in south-western Russia and is the administrative center of Stavropol Krai. Population: 355,900 ; ...
.

ropol Krai encompasses the central part of the Fore-Caucasus and most of the Northern slopes of Caucasus Major. It borders with Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast lies in the south of Russia with an area of 100,800 km? and a population of 4,404,013 making it the fifth most populous federal subject in Russia....
, Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District....
, Republic of Kalmykia

Kalmykia

The Republic of Kalmykia is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russian Federation . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Respublika Kalmykiya, and that of the Kalmyk name is Xal'mg Tanghch....
, Republic of Dagestan

Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
, Chechen Republic

Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
, North Ossetia-Alania

North Ossetia-Alania

The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the Russian name of the republic is Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya....
, Kabardino-Balkar Republic

Kabardino-Balkaria

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the North Caucasus. The direct Romanization of Russian of the republic's name in the Russian language is Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika, or Kabardino-Balkariya....
, and Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
.

ation: 2,735,139 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 2,410,379 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
).

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Stavropol Krai (Stavropolsky kray) is a federal subject

Federal subjects 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....
(a krai

Krai

Stavropol

Stavropol is a types of inhabited localities in Russia located in south-western Russia and is the administrative center of Stavropol Krai. Population: 355,900 ; ...
.

Geography

Stavropol Krai encompasses the central part of the Fore-Caucasus and most of the Northern slopes of Caucasus Major. It borders with Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast

Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District....
, Republic of Kalmykia

Kalmykia

Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
, Chechen Republic

Chechnya

North Ossetia-Alania

Kabardino-Balkaria

Karachay-Cherkessia

Time zone

Stavropol Krai is located in the Moscow Time Zone

Moscow Time

Moscow Time is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the 11 Time in Russia....
(MSK/MSD). 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 +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Demographics

Population: 2,735,139 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 2,410,379 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
). The population of Stavropol Krai is concentrated in the Kuban River

Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
and Kuma River

Kuma River

Kuma River may refer to:*Kuma River *Kuma River Excess long comment to prevent listing on...
drainage basin, which used to be traditional Cossack

Cossack

The term Cossacks is applied to specific militaristic communities of various ethnicities living in the southern steppe regions of Ukraine and Russia....
land (see History of Cossacks). The Kuban Cossacks

Kuban Cossacks

Kuban Cossacks are Cossacks who live in the Kuban region of Russia. Although numerous Cossack groups came to inhabit the Western Northern Caucasus most of the Kuban Cossacks are descendants of the Black Sea Cossack Host, and the Caucasus Line Cossack Host....
are now generally considered to be ethnic Russians, even though they are still an important minority in their own right in this area. Other notable ethnic groups include the Armenians

Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
(mostly Christian Hamsheni) who have been settling here since at least the 18th century.

Ethnic groups: The 2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
counted thirty-three ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, making this federal subject one of the most multicultural in Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The inhabitants identified themselves as belonging to more than 140 different ethnic groups, as shown in the following table:

Population	Ethnicity	Percentage of total population
2,231,759	Russians 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 ....	81.6%
149,249	Armenians Armenians The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....	5.46%
45,892	Ukrainians 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 ....	1.68%
40,218	Dargins	1.47%
34,078	Greeks Greeks The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....	1.25%
20,680	Nogay	0.76%
19,094	Roma people Roma people The Romani are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their Origins of the Romani people to middle kingdoms of India.The Romani are Romani diaspora with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other par...	1.47%
15,146	Karachay	0.55%
15,069	Azeris	0.55%
13,937	Turkmens	0.51%
13,208	Chechens	0.50%
12,988	Tatars Tatars Tatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, refers to a Turkic people ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, and Poland....	0.5%
8,047	Germans Germans The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....	0.28%
7,772	Ossetians Ossetians The Ossetians are an Iranian peoples ethnic group indigenous peoples to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia a large part of which is now de facto independent....	0.26%
7,484	Turks Turkish people The Turkish people , also known as "Turks" are defined mainly as citizens of the Republic of Turkey. An early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal...	0.26%
5,744	Kumyks Kumyks Kumyks are a Turkic people occupying the Kumyk plateau in north Dagestan and south Terek, and the lands bordering the Caspian Sea. They comprise 14% of the population of the Russian republic of Dagestan....	0.22%
3,902	Kazakhs Kazakhs The Kazakhs are a Turkic peoples of the northern parts of Central Asia ....	0.2%
3,300	Abazin	0.17%

A further 0.26% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia

TFR by Federal SubjectsThis is a list of values of total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia of RussiaThe historical variation in TFR in RF is given in the table below....

Birth Rate: 11.22 per 1000

Death Rate: 13.32 per 1000

Net Immigration: +3.5 per 1000

NGR: -0.21% per Year

PGR: +0.14% per Year

Administrative divisions

Agriculture

Irrigated agriculture is well developed in the region. As of the beginning of 2001, Stavropol Krai had 3361 km of irrigation canals, of which 959 km were lined (i.e. had concrete or stone walls, rather than merely soil walls, to reduce the loss of water).

Among the major irrigation canals are:

Nevinnomyssk Canal (?????????????? ?????), the trunk of the Kuban
Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
-Yegorlyk Irrigation System.
The Great Stavropol Canal (??????? ?????????????? ?????), transporting water from the Kuban River
Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
eastward across the entire krai.
The Terek-Kuma Canal and Kuma-Manych Canal
Kuma-Manych Canal

The Kuma-Manych Canal is an irrigation canal in Russia's Stavropol Krai. The canal, completed in 1965, runs across the Kuma-Manych Depression, connecting the Kuma River , which flows into the Caspian Sea, with the Manych River, which also flows toward the Caspian, but dries out long before reaching it....
, transporting water from the Terek River via the Kuma River
Kuma River

Kuma River may refer to:*Kuma River *Kuma River Excess long comment to prevent listing on...
to the East Manych River
Manych River

Manych is the name applied to a system of rivers and lakes in the western and central part of the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia....
.

Stavropol Krai

Geography

Time zone

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Agriculture

See also

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