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Omsk Oblast
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<p>Omsk Oblast is a <a href="/facts/Federal_subjects_of_Russia/f2oIKgbo">federal subject</a> of <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> (an <a href="/facts/Oblast/Kx4ccdm6">oblast</a>), located in southwestern <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a>. The oblast has an area of 139,700 square kilometers (53,900 sq mi). Its population is 1,977,665 (<a href="/facts/Russian_Census_(2010)/Ay7qc5LH">2010 Census</a>) with the majority, 1.12 million, living in <a href="/facts/Omsk/DXfVVpHs">Omsk</a>, the <a href="/facts/Administrative_center/jyz1zfzk">administrative center</a>. </p> <p>The oblast borders <a href="/facts/Tyumen_Oblast/f4G31D6I">Tyumen Oblast</a> in the north and west, <a href="/facts/Novosibirsk_Oblast/bNTVdt5A">Novosibirsk Oblast</a> and <a href="/facts/Tomsk_Oblast/jdeb56P9">Tomsk Oblast</a> in the east, and <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a> in the south. </p>