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Amur Oblast

Population: 1,031,700 Capital:  Blagoveshchensk (210,000)
Urban %:  65 Rural %: 35
Area (km2 ): 363,700 Population density (per km2): 3
Average temperature, centigrade January: -24 Average temperature, centigrade July: 18
Average rainfall, mm January   : 11 Average rainfall, mm July: 131


Amur Oblast Oblast value    Far East  mean    % Far East  mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
GDP 1995 bln rbls 8,326 10160* 82
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 612 807 76
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 55 73 75
GDP/capita rbls, million 8 11 71

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employed, % labour force 88 89 98

SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY   
Hospital beds per 10,000 143 138 104
Life expectancy in years (female) 70 69 102
Life expectancy in years (male) 58 57 102
Students in higher education per 10,000 144 155 93

* mean per Republic/Krai/Oblast= one eighth of total GDP for Far East.


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