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Kaluga Oblast lies in the central part of the East European Plain. [16] The oblast's territory is located between the Central Russian Upland (with and average elevation of above 200 metres (660 ft) and a maximum elevation of 275 metres (902 ft) in the southeast), the Smolensk–Moscow Upland, and the Dnieper–Desna watershed.
Kaluga, founded in the mid-14th century as a border fortress on the southwestern borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, first appears in the historical record in chronicles in the 14th century as Koluga; the name comes from Old Russian kaluga is "bog, quagmire". [15] During the period of Tartar raids it was the western end of the Oka bank ...
Kaluga Oblast, Russia: Administrative center: Kaluga: As of 2013: [1] Number of districts (районы) 24 Number of cities/towns (города) 19 Number of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа) 10 Number of selsovets, rural okrugs, and territorial okrugs
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Maloyaroslavetsky District (Russian: Малоярославецкий райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district (), one of the twenty-four in ...
This is a list of some of the regions of Indonesia.Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the central government. At different times of Indonesia's history, the nation has been designated as having regions that do not necessarily correlate to the current administrative or physical geography of the territory of the nation.
This type of city and regency in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. As of January 2023, there were 514-second-level administrative divisions (416 regencies and 98 cities) in Indonesia. [3] The list below groups regencies and cities in Indonesia by provinces.
The region that is today identified as Indonesia has carried different names, such as "East Indies" in this 1855 map. The name Indonesia derives from the Greek words Indos (Ἰνδός) and nesos (νῆσος), meaning "Indian islands". [11] The name dates back to the 19th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia.