Kaliningrad Region (Russia)

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  reported by Pascal Vagnat, 22 Feb 1999

Presentation of Kaliningrad Region

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• Name (english): Kaliningrad Region • (russian): Калининградская область | Kaliningradskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Калининград | Kaliningrad • (former name): Königsberg (<1945)
• Area: 15 100 km² (≅5 800 sq.mi.) • Population: 946 800 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Northwestern Region • Economic region: Northwestern Region (in the soviet era: Baltic)
• License plate code: 39 • Ham radio code: KA • ISO 3166-2 code: KGD
• Flag adopted on unkn. date • Coat of arms adopted on unkn. date

Formerly the northern part of East Prussia, based on the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) this region was annexed to the Russian SFR at the end of the war. With Baltic ind