Saratov Oblast facts for kids
Saratov Oblast (Russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, Saratovskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.
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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, population of this oblast: 2,521,892 (2010).
Ethnic composition (2010):
Religion
A 2012 survey showed these are the major religions in the oblast:
| 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% | |||
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See also
In Spanish: Óblast de Sarátov para niños
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