Belgorod Region (Russia)

Belgorodskaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2002-12-20 by antonio martins
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  reported by István Molnár, 02 Mar 2001

Presentation of Belgorod Region

(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

• Name (english): Belgorod Region • (russian): Белгородская область | Belgorodskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Белгород | Belgorod
• Area: 27 100 km² (≅10 500 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 501 300 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center Ĉernozem | Чернозем (south central European Russia)
• License plate code: 31 • Ham radio code: BO • ISO 3166-2 code: BEL
• Flag adopted on 2000.05 • Coat of arms adopted on unkn. date

Flag of Belgorod region is divided by a dark blue cross to four equal parts — white, green, red and black; the coat of arms of Belgorod region is on white part of the flag.
Yury Rocich, 01 and 04 Jun 2000

"Belgorod" means "white city" — one of the many colors present in this flag... It is not what I would call a great design, but it sure alliviates the dim trend of coats of arms on monocolor background that have been plagueing the recent flag adoptions in Russia...
António Martins, 02 Jun 2000 and 25 Jan 2001 and 04 Oct 2002