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Murmansk Oblast

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Murmansk Oblast (Му́рманская о́бласть) is an oblast in north-western Russia. It's capital is Murmansk. Area 144,900 km², population 1,083,000 (1985).

Murmansk Oblast

Geographically it is located on the Kola Peninsula, and it is a part of the larger Lapland region that spans over four countries. Murmansk Oblast borders to Finnmark County in Norway and Lapland Province in Finland. In the region is also Norrbotten County in Sweden.

See also: Barents Region

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