Stavropol Krai

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Stavropol Krai (English) Ставропольский край (Russian)
Location of Stavropol Krai in Russia
Coat of Arms	Flag
Coat of arms of Stavropol Krai	Flag of Stavropol Krai
Anthem: none
Administrative center	Stavropol
Established	January 10, 1934
Political status Federal district Economic region	Krai Southern North Caucasus
Code	26
Area
Area - Rank	66,500 km² 46th
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural	2,735,139 inhabitants 16th 41.1 inhab. / km² 56.0% 44.0%
Official language	Russian
Government
Governor	Alexander Chernogorov
Chairman of the Government	Alexander Chernogorov
Legislative body	State Duma
Charter	Charter of Stavropol Krai
Official website
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Stavropol Krai (Russian: Ставропо́льский край, Stavropolsky kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). Its administrative center is the city of Stavropol.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
3 External link

Stavropol Krai encompasses the central part of the Fore-Caucasus and most of the Northern slopes of Caucasus Major. It borders with Rostov Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Republic of Kalmykia, Republic of Dagestan, Chechen Republic, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, and Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Stavropol Krai is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Main article: Administrative divisions of Stavropol Krai

(English) News and events of Stavropol Krai

Administrative divisions of Russia

Federal subjects

Republics	Adygea \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \|Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita¹ \| Irkutsk² \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tula \| Tver \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Aga Buryatia¹ \| Chukotka \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia