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Karelian Republic

Population: 780,100 Capital:  Petrozavodsk (279,000)
Urban %:  74 Rural %: 26
Area (km2 ): 172,400 Population density (per km2): 5
Average temperature, centigrade January:    -6 Average temperature, centigrade July:    15
Average rainfall, mm January: 47 Average rainfall, mm July: 87

 
Karelian Republic Republic value    Northern mean    % Northern mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 604 700 86
GDP/capita rbls, million 10 13 81
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 62 82 76
GDP 1995 bln rbls 8,065 15,082* 53

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employed, % labour force 88 89 99

SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY   
Students in higher education per 10,000 133 113 118
Hospital beds per 10,000 132 130 102
Life expectancy in years (female) 69 71 98
Life expectancy in years (male) 55 57 96

*Mean per Republic/Oblast=one fifth of GDP total for Northern region.


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