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Founded: 1937
Head of the Territorial Administration: Alexander Bogdanovich Karlin (nominated August 18, 2005, approved August 25, 2005)
Federation Council Representatives: Vladimir Sergeevich Germanenko (legislative, term expires March 2008); Taimur Rafkatovich Timerbulatov (executive, term expires April 2008)
Population: 2,607,200 (2002 census)
Area: 169,100 square km (65,273 sq. miles)
Capital: Barnaul (population 603,500), 3,419 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Biysk (221,800), Rubtsovsk (160,900)
Federal district: Siberian
Economic region: West Siberia
Time zone: Moscow +3, GMT +6, EST +11
Geography: Altai shares a border with Kazakhstan, Kemerov and Novosibiirsk regions, and the Republic of Altai. The Altai Mountain range is prominent in the territory and more than 17,000 rivers run through it. Major rivers are the Ob, Argut and Shavla.
Urban population: 53%. Rural population: 47%
Ethnic make-up: more than 110 nationalities, including Russians (89.5%), Germans (4.8%) andUkrainians (2.6%)
Economy: The main industrial sectors are engineering, metalworking, and chemical industries. Companies located in the territory produce 1/6 of all tractors in Russia, 90% of the tractor plows, about 50% of the generators, and all railway freight cars. Altai is also one of the country's major agricultural regions: it is the third-largest grain and milk producer and the fifth-largest meat producer. Huge areas are also sown in sunflowers, soybeans and sugar beets.
Official website: http://www.altairegion.ru
Contact information
Head of administration
59 Lenin prospect
Barnaul 656035
Tel.: +7 (385 2) 36 32 01
Fax: +7 (385 2) 36 36 83
Email: glava@alregn.ru
Press secretary
E.A. Nechepurenko
Tel.: +7 (3852) 36 35 73
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Alexander Sergeyevich Pominov
Tel.: +8 (095) 951 79 65
Chairman of Press and Information Committee
Pavel Konstantinovich Karasev
65 Proletarskaya Ulitsa
Barnaul 656056
Tel/Fax: +7 (3852) 24 18 72
Tel.: +7 (3852) 24 18 70
Email: kominf@ab.ru
Head of Committee press service:
Klipenstein, O.A.
Tel.: +7 (3852) 35-88-05
E-mail: press@alregn.ru
last updated Jan. 21, 2008
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