Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan Oblast is a region in the Lower Volga, descending from steppe along the Volga to the northwestern Caspian Sea. It borders Volgograd Oblast to the north, Kalmykia to the west, and Kazakhstan to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Astrakhan is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, 100 km from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census.
Astrakhan Oblast
- Type: State with 960,000 residents
- Description: oblast of Russia
- Also known as: “Astrakhan’ Oblast” and “Astrakhanskaya Oblast’”
- Neighbors: Kalmykia and Volgograd Oblast
- Categories: oblast of Russia, administrative region, federal subject of Russia, and locality
- Location: Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
47.1878° or 47° 11′ 16″ northLongitude of center
47.6089° or 47° 36′ 32″ eastPopulation
960,000Elevation
-9 metres (-30 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 786882072OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Astrakhan Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Oblast Astrakhan”
- Afrikaans: “Astrachan-oblast”
- Arabic: “أوبلاست أستراخان”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة أستراخان”
- Armenian: “Աստրախանի մարզ”
- Asturian: “Óblast d’Astracán”
- Azerbaijani: “Həştərxan vilayəti”
- Bashkir: “Әстерхан өлкәһе”
- Bashkir: “Әстрәхән өлкәһе”
- Basque: “Astrakhan oblasta”
- Belarusian: “Астраханская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Астраханская вобласьць”
- Bengali: “আস্ট্রখান ওব্লাস্ট”
- Bosnian: “Astrahanska oblast”
- Breton: “Oblast Astrac’han”
- Bulgarian: “Астраханска област”
- Catalan: “óblast d’Astracan”
- Catalan: “Óblast d’Astracan”
- Catalan: “Província d’Àstrakhan”
- Cebuano: “Astrakhanskaya Oblast‘”
- Cebuano: “Astrakhanskaya Oblast”
- Central Kurdish: “ئۆبلاستی ئەستراخان”
- Chechen: “Астраханан область”
- Chechen: “Аштаркханан область”
- Chinese: “Astrakhan Chiu”
- Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕州”
- Chuvash: “Аçтăрхан облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Astrahan vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Astrahanska oblast”
- Czech: “Astrachaňská oblast”
- Danish: “Astrakhan oblast”
- Dutch: “Astrachan”
- Dutch: “Oblast Astrachan”
- Eastern Mari: “Астрахань вел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “استراخان”
- Erzya: “Астраханонь ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Astraĥana provinco”
- Estonian: “Astrahani oblast”
- Finnish: “Astrahanin alue”
- French: “Astrakhan”
- French: “oblast d’Astrakhan”
- French: “Oblast d’Astrakhan”
- French: “région d’Astrakhan”
- Galician: “Óblast de Astrakán”
- Georgian: “ასტრახანის ოლქი”
- German: “Astrachan”
- German: “Oblast Astrachan”
- Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Άστραχαν”
- Gujarati: “એસ્ટ્રાખાનન ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Astrakhan-chû”
- Hausa: “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Hebrew: “אסטרחן”
- Hebrew: “מחוז אסטרחן”
- Hindi: “अस्त्राखान ओब्लास्ट”
- Hindi: “आस्त्राख़ान ओब्लास्त”
- Hungarian: “Asztraháni terület”
- Icelandic: “Astrakanfylki”
- Icelandic: “Astrakhanfylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Astrahan”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Astrakhan”
- Inupiaq: “Astrahan Nutanut”
- Irish: “Cúige na hAstracáine”
- Italian: “oblast‘ di Astrachan’”
- Italian: “Oblast’ di Astrachan’”
- Japanese: “アストラハニ州”
- Japanese: “アストラハン州”
- Kabardian: “Астрэхъан област”
- Kabardian: “Ащтэрхъан област”
- Kalmyk: “Астрахань төгәлң”
- Kalmyk: “Әәдрхнә төгәлң”
- Kannada: “ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಾಖಾನ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Astraxan oblastı”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Astraxan wa’layatı”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Astraxan wálayatı”
- Kazakh: “Астрахан облысы”
- Komering: “Oblast Astrakhan”
- Komi-Permyak: “Астрахань лапӧв”
- Komi: “Астрахань обласьт”
- Korean: “아스트라한주”
- Ladin: “Oblast de Astrahan”
- Latin: “Regio Astrachanensis”
- Latvian: “Astrahaņas apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Astrachanės sritis”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Astrachan‘”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Astrachan’”
- Macedonian: “Астраханска област”
- Macedonian: “Астрахањска област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Astrakhan”
- Marathi: “आस्त्राखान ओब्लास्त”
- Mazanderani: “آستراخان اوبلاست”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Astrakhan Ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Astrakhan Chiu”
- Mingrelian: “ასტრახანიშ ოლქი”
- Mongolian: “Астрахань муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Astrachan (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Astrachan”
- Northern Luri: “آستون آستراخان”
- Northern Sami: “Astrachan oblast”
- Northern Sami: “Astrakhan oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Astrakhan oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Astrakhan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astrakhan oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astrakhan”
- Norwegian: “Astrakhan oblast”
- Ossetian: “Астраханы облæст”
- Pampanga: “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Persian: “استان آستراخان”
- Persian: “اوبلاست آستراخان”
- Polish: “Obwód astrachański”
- Portuguese: “Oblast de Astracã”
- Pushto: “استراخان اوبلاست”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Astrahan”
- Russian: “Астраханская область”
- Russian: “Астраханская Область”
- Scots: “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Serbian: “Астраханска област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Astrahanska oblast”
- Sindhi: “آستراخان اوبلاسٽ”
- Sinhala: “අස්ට්රාඛාන් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Astrachánska oblasť”
- Slovenian: “Astrahanska oblast”
- South Azerbaijani: “آستاراخان ویلایتی”
- South Azerbaijani: “هشترخان ویلایتی”
- Spanish: “Astracan”
- Spanish: “Astracán”
- Spanish: “Óblast de Astracán”
- Swahili: “Astrahan Oblast”
- Swahili: “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Swedish: “Astrachan oblast”
- Swedish: “Astrakan”
- Tagalog: “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Астрахан”
- Talysh: “Həštərxani vilojət”
- Tamil: “அஸ்ட்ராகாண் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
- Tamil: “அஸ்திரகான் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “அஸ்த்ரகான் ஒப்லாஸ்து”
- Tatar: “Әстерхан өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “ఆస్ట్రాఖాన్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นอัสตราฮัน”
- Turkish: “Astrahan Oblastı”
- Udmurt: “Астрахань улос”
- Ukrainian: “Астраханська область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Astrachań”
- Urdu: “استراخان اوبلاست”
- Uzbek: “Astraxan viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Astraxon viloyati”
- Veps: “Astrahanin agj”
- Vietnamese: “Astrakhan”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Astrakhan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Astrakhan Oblast”
- Welsh: “Oblast Astrakhan”
- Western Frisian: “Astrachan (oblast)”
- Western Frisian: “Astrachan”
- Western Panjabi: “استراخان اوبلاست”
- Wu Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕州”
- Yakut: “Астархаан уобалаһа”
- Yakut: “Астрахан уобалаhа”
- Yue Chinese: “阿斯特拉罕州”
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