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Founded: 1954
Governor: Yevgeny Stepanovich Savchenko (appointed December 1993; elected December 1995; re-elected May 1999 and May 2003)
Population: 1,512,400 (2002 census)
Area: 27,100 square km (10,461 sq. miles)
Capital: Belgorod (population 337,600), 695 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Stary Oskol (216,000)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central Black Earth
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Located in the western part of European Russia, Belgorod borders Ukraine and the Kursk and Voronezh regions.
Urban population: 65%, Rural population: 35%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Belgorod is the jewel of the Black Earth Region, full of mineral reserves and rich farmland. The region is one of Russia's largest agricultural districts, producing sunflowers, sugar, grain, meat and milk. Mining and metallurgy are also important industries, focused around the Kursk magnetic anomaly.
Official website: http://www.beladm.bel.ru
Contact information
Governor
Yevgeny Stepanovich Savchenko
4 Ploshad Revolutsy
Belgorod 308005
Tel.: +7 (472) 232 45 77; 232 42 47
Personal Site: www.savchenko.ru
Administration
Tel/Fax: +7 (472) 232 40 87
Email: admin@regadm.bel.ru
Chairman of the Government
Vladimir Filippovich Borovik
Tel.: +7 (472) 232 31 91; 232 52 33
Chairman of the Regional Duma
Anatoly Yakovlevich Zelikov
Tel.: +7 (472) 232 36 76; 232 24 37
Press service contact
Veronika Alexandrovna Smirnova
Tel.: +7 (472) 232 01 38
last updated Jan. 21, 2008
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