Location: Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, is located on the southern slopes of the Urals and Trans-Urals.

It is connected to Orenburg Oblast to the south, Bashkortostan to the southwest, west and northwest, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the north, and Kurgan to the northeast and east.

The state borders Kazakhstan to the east and southeast.

Climate: The climate of Chelyabinsk Oblast is continental. The average temperature in January is between minus 16℃ and minus 18℃. The average temperature in July is between 17℃ and 20℃. The precipitation is 300~500℃.

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Chelyabinsk related information 1. Population The Chelyabinsk Oblast *** had a population of 3,573,700 people in 2003.

2. Economic sector Chelyabinsk Oblast is a member of the Ural Economic Zone.

3. Industry The main industrial sectors of Chelyabinsk Oblast include ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy (Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk, Zlatoust), machine manufacturing and metal processing industry (mining

and metallurgical equipment production, machine tools, tractors, automobiles, trolleybus carriages, railways and agricultural machinery production), chemical industry (production of fertilizers, synthetic resins, paints), mining industry (mining of ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores, magnesite, lignite,

Mineral building materials), light industry, food industry and building materials production.

In addition, there is an electric power industry, the state has Troitsk, South Ural and Chelyabinsk state-run regional power stations.

The main industrial centers of the Chelyabinsk region are Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Zlatoust, Mias, Kopeysk, Korkino, and Troitsk

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4. Agriculture Chelyabinsk Oblast’s agriculture is mainly based on growing food crops, and actively develops the breeding industry for the purpose of milk and meat.

According to statistics on January 1, 1997, there were 6,294 farms in the state, with an average land size of 59 hectares.

According to statistics on January 1, 1996, the number of farms was 6,408.