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Kursk Oblast

Population: 1,341,300 Capital:  Kursk (439,000)
Urban %:  60 Rural %: 40
Area (km2 ): 29,800 Population density (per km2): 45
Average temperature, centigrade January:    -6 Average temperature, centigrade July:    20
Average rainfall, mm January: 62 Average rainfall, mm July: 37

 
Kursk Oblast Oblast value    Central Black Earth mean    % Central Black Earth mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 321 330 97
GDP/capita rbls, million 7 7 95
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 51 59 87
GDP 1995 bln rbls 9,621 11,817 81

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employed, % labour force 94 83 113

SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY   
Life expectancy in years (male) 60 60 100
Life expectancy in years (female) 73 74 99
Students in higher education per 10,000 155 158 98
Hospital beds per 10,000 122 129 95

* mean per Oblast=one fifth of total GDP for Central Black Earth Region.


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