Urals

The Urals is a common geographical name of the area of around the Ural Mountains. It is a vast territory which includes major cities like and , as well as parts of the polar areas.
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or Bashkiria is a region in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, bordering to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is the northernmost region in Urals Region and is home to Russia's most important natural gas deposits as well as large West Siberian oilfields.

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is a region in Urals Region. Set right in the middle of the Urals region, borders seven other regions; to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, to the south, to the southwest, to the west, and the to the northwest.

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is in the Urals region of . It borders to the northeast, to the east, to the south, to the west, and to the north.

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, officially known as Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and historically known as Yugra, is an autonomous okrug in Urals Region. The region borders to the north, the to the east, to the southeast, and to the south, and to the west.

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is a region in Urals Region. The region borders in the northwest and north, has a short border with in the northeast, borders to the east, to the south, to the southwest, and to the west.

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is a region in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, on the border with . In addition the region borders to the west, to the northwest, to the north, and to the northeast.

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is a region in Urals region. borders to the northeast, to the southeast, to the southwest and to the northwest.

Urals

  • Type: region
  • Description: region of Russia
  • Also known as: “region uralski”, “Ural”, “ურალის გეოგრაფიული რეგიონი”, “ウラル地方”, “乌拉尔山区”, “烏拉爾－裏海草原”, and “烏拉爾山區”
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
60° north
Longitude of center
60° east
Wiki­data ID
Q1322976
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Urals” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة الأورال”
  • Armenian: “Ուրալ”
  • Bashkir: “Урал”
  • Belarusian: “Урал”
  • Bulgarian: “Урал (регион)”
  • Bulgarian: “Урал”
  • Catalan: “Ural”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆرال”
  • Chechen: “Урал”
  • Chinese: “乌拉尔地区”
  • Chinese: “烏拉地區”
  • Chinese: “烏拉爾”
  • Chinese: “烏拉爾地區”
  • Church Slavic: “Оуралъ”
  • Chuvash: “Урал”
  • Croatian: “Ural”
  • Czech: “Ural”
  • Dutch: “Oeral”
  • Dutch: “Oeralgebied”
  • French: “Oural”
  • Georgian: “ურალი”
  • German: “Ural”
  • Greek: “Ουράλια”
  • Hebrew: “אזור האוראל”
  • Hebrew: “אזור האורל”
  • Hebrew: “האורל”
  • Italian: “Urali”
  • Japanese: “ウラル”
  • Korean: “우랄 지역”
  • Ossetian: “Урал”
  • Persian: “اورال (منطقه)”
  • Persian: “اورال”
  • Polish: “Ural”
  • Portuguese: “Urais”
  • Portuguese: “Ural”
  • Romanian: “Ural”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ураал”
  • Russian: “Урал”
  • Shona: “Urawu (chisi)”
  • Shona: “Urawu”
  • Slovak: “Ural (región)”
  • Slovak: “Ural”
  • Slovenian: “Ural”
  • Spanish: “Ural”
  • Tagalog: “Ural (rehiyon)”
  • Tagalog: “Ural”
  • Thai: “ยูรัล (ภูมิภาค)”
  • Thai: “ยูรัล”
  • Ukrainian: “Урал”
  • Urdu: “اورال”
  • Uzbek: “Ural”
  • Venetian: “Urałi”

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