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Volgograd Oblast

Population: 2,701,600 Capital:  Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) (1,028,000)
Urban %:  74 Rural %: 26
Area (km2 ): 113,900 Population density (per km2): 24
Average temperature, centigrade January:    -6 Average temperature, centigrade July:    23
Average rainfall, mm January: 55 Average rainfall, mm July: 34

 

Volgograd Oblast Oblast value    Volga mean    % Volga mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
GDP 1995 bln rbls 19,630 18,466* 106
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 388 390 99
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 55 59 93
GDP/capita rbls, million 7 9 83

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employed, % labour force 90 91 99

SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY   
Hospital beds per 10,000 129 124 104
Life expectancy in years (male) 61 60 101
Life expectancy in years (female) 73 73 100
Students in higher education per 10,000 152 170 89

*Mean per Oblast/Republic=one eighth of GDP total for Volga region.


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