Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (Russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, Saratovskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.
Geography
Saratov Oblast is located in southeast of European Russia, in northern part of Lower Volga region and borders are:
- Volgograd Oblast to south
- Voronezh and Tambov oblasts to west
- Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk oblasts to north;
- Republic of Kazakhstan to east.
Demographics
In terms of people,[1] population of this oblast: 2,521,892 (2010).
Ethnic composition (2010):
Religion
A 2012 survey showed these are the major religions in the oblast:[2][3]
| Russian Orthodoxy | 30% | |||
| Other Orthodox | 1% | |||
| Other Christians | 4.8% | |||
| Islam | 2.4% | |||
| Hinduism | 0.5% | |||
| Rodnovery and other native faiths | 1.1% | |||
| Spiritual but not religious | 38.1% | |||
| Atheism and irreligion | 15.6% | |||
| Other and undeclared | 6.5% | |||
Related pages
References
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" 2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ↑ Arena - Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
- ↑ 2012 Survey Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Archived version Retrieved 15-01-2018.