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Leningrad Oblast

Population: 1,677,200 Capital:  St Petersburg (4,774,200)
Urban %:  66 Rural %: 34
Area (km2 ): 85,900* Population density (per km2): 75* 
Average temperature, centigrade January:    -5 Average temperature, centigrade July:    16
Average rainfall, mm January: 50 Average rainfall, mm July: 53
* Area and populuation density figures include St Petersburg

 
Leningrad Oblast Oblast value    North-West mean    % North-West mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 63 47 132
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 409 417 98
GDP/capita rbls, million 7 8 88
GDP 1995 bln rbls 12,507 17,136** 73

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employed, % labour force 89 90 99

SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY   
Life expectancy in years (female) 70 71 99
Life expectancy in years (male) 55 58 96
Hospital beds per 10,000 101 108 94
Students in higher education per 10,000 n/a 279 n/a

**Mean per subdivision at Oblast level=one fourth of North-West GDP total.


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