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Murmansk Oblast is a region in northwestern Russia located above the Arctic Circle. It matters because it contains major Arctic resources and infrastructure, including important ports and military facilities that make it strategically significant for Russia's Arctic interests.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Murmansk
- Population
- 656438
- Area
- 144902
- Head of government
- Andrey Chibis
- Legislature
- Murmansk Oblast Duma
- Shares border with
- Troms og Finnmark
- Highest point
- Yudychvumchorr
- Official website
- gov-murman.ru
- Image
- Kandalaksha Bay.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 51
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Murmansk Oblast
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- topic's main category
- Category:Murmansk Oblast
- inception
- 1938-05-28
- Commons category
- Murmansk Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Murmansk Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Murmansk Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Murmansk Oblast
- office held by head of government
- Governor of Murmansk Oblast
- language used
- Russian
- native label
- Мурманская область
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Encyclopedic overview
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of 144,900 square kilometres (55,900 sq mi). Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bordered internationally by Finland to the west and Norway to the northwest and the Barents Sea lies to the north and White Sea lies to the south and east. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409; however, at the 2021 Census, the population had declined to 667,744.
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