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 North Caucasian federal district
 Volga federal district
 Ural federal district
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 | Population | 1010 thousand persons. |  | Site | The area(region) has 11 regions, in Astrakhan - 4 urbanRegion (Kirov, Leninskij, Soviet and Trusovskij),2 cities of regional subparameter, 3 cities regionSubparameters and 15 working settlements. The area(region) is locatedOn territory Prikaspijskoj lowland, atLockin of Volga in the Caspian sea. Bounds withBy the Volgograd area(region), Republic by Kalmykia andBy Kazakhstan. |  | Mineral wealths | Petroleum, gas, gypsum, limestones, marl, spigot products building andClays building, casting box, paint mineral, salt charge. Are most knownDeposits: charge salt - lake Baskunchak, gas -Astrakhan gas condensate. |  | The basic industries | Mechanical engineering and metal working (shipbuilding andShip repair, metalcutting machine tools,Air engines for home coolers, devices andThe equipment); a food-processing industry (fish products,Fruit and vegetable canned food); a light industry(Top and linen jersey, sewing items). |  | Agriculture | Sowings grain (rice); a vegetable-growing, melon-growing;Meat - sherstnoe a sheep breeding; fishery; meat and milk cattle breeding. |  | The basic transport trunk | Navigation on river. Volga. |  | ADMINISTRATION of LOCALE | (8512) 22-96-44, 22-95-14, 22-85-19, 22-17-67, 22-95-14 | 
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