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Omsk

Eastern Europe

Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast in southwestern Siberia, Russia, with a population of over one million, making it the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. Founded as a Russian fortress at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers, Omsk grew into a major industrial and oil-refining center and is known as the place where the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was imprisoned in the mid-nineteenth century.

Facts
Population
1,154,116 1
Area (sq km)
566.9 1
Founding Year
1716 1
Population Estimate Year
2010 1
Elevation (m)
87 1
Latitude
54.9833 degrees north 1
Longitude
73.3667 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+06:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Russia, Countries
Source Wikipedia: Omsk

Capital Of

Omsk Oblast, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Omsk - GeoNames
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Production Corporation Polyot

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Omsk
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Article text
    The 2002 Census recorded that the population had declined to 1,134,016, but it rebounded marginally, according to the 2010 Census, which listed the population of 1,154,116.
  • Infobox pop_2010census field name, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
    pop_2010census
  • Infobox: area_km2
    566.9
  • Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
    elevation_m = 87
  • Infobox: established_date
    August 2, 1716
  • Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
  • Associated With: Russia, Opening sentence, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
    Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Asia
    Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia.
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2. GeoNames: Omsk - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1496153
    54.99244 73.36859 P PPLA RU 54 1172070 90 Asia/Omsk
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 90 m
  • Capital Of: Omsk Oblast, cities500 record 1496153, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 54)
    54.99244 73.36859 P PPLA RU 54 1172070 90 Asia/Omsk
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, 73.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.75, 73.25
54.75 73.25 Dfb
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Wikidata: Omsk
Wikidata Q898, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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