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The capital city of Novosibirsk oblast: Novosibirsk.
Novosibirsk oblast (also spelled Novosybirsk, Novosibirskaya) is a federal subject of Russian Federation, part of Siberian Federal District. The administrative center and capital is Novosibirsk city. The region is situated between two main rivers: Ob and Irtysh.
Novosibirsk oblast population is about 2,640,000 (2009) on the land area of 178,200 sq. km.
The largest cities and towns of the region are Novosibirsk (1,391,000), Berdsk (95,000), Iskitim (64,000), Kuybishev (48,000). Novosibirsk oblast borders on Kazakhstan state (Pavlodar oblast) on the south.
There are about three thousands lakes on the territory of the region. The largest lakes are Chany, Ubinskoye, Sartlan. The transportation system of Novosibirsk oblast includes federal highways M51, M52, M53 and West-Siberian Railway.
Novosibirsk oblast is rich in such natural resources as oil, natural gas, coal, anthracite, titanium, zirconium, gold, marble and timber. Novosibirsk oblast is an industrial center of Siberia. Main industrial centers are Novosibirsk, Iskitim and Berdsk cities.
Main industries are manufacturing, machine building, metal-working, food, electric power generation and non-ferrous metallurgy.
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