Altai Republic

Altai Republic Республика Алтай
Republic
Other official transcription(s)
• Altai	Алтай Республика
• Kazakh	Алтай Республикасы / Altai Respublikasy
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: National Anthem of the Altai Republic
Coordinates: 50°55′N 86°55′E / 50.917°N 86.917°E / 50.917; 86.917
Country	Russia
Federal district	Siberian
Economic region	West Siberian
Capital	Gorno-Altaysk[1]
Government
• Type	State Assembly—El Kurultai[2]
• Head[2]	Oleg Khorokhordin[3]
Area [4]
• Total	92,903 km2 (35,870 sq mi)
Population  (2021 Census)[5]
• Total	210,924
• Rank	81st
• Density	2.27/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
• Urban	31%
• Rural	69%
Time zone	UTC+6 (MSK+3[6])
ISO 3166 code	RU-AL
Vehicle registration	04
Official language(s)	Altai Russian[7] Kazakh[8]
Website	www.altai-republic.ru

The Altai Republic (/ˈæltaɪ/; Altai: Алтай Республика, Altay Respublika; Kazakh: Алтай Республикасы, Russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, romanized: Respublika Altay, pronounced [rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə ɐlˈtaj]), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is in southern Siberia and is a part of the Siberian Federal District. It has an area of 92,903 square kilometers (35,870 sq mi). It has a population of 210,924 people. It is the least-populous republic of Russia and least-populous federal subject in the Siberian Federal District.^[5] Gorno-Altaysk is the capital and the largest town of the republic.

The Altai Republic is one of Russia's ethnic republics. It mainly represents the indigenous Altai people. The Altai are a Turkic ethnic group that make up 37% of the republic's population, while ethnic Russians form a majority at 54%, and with minority populations of Kazakhs, other Central Asian ethnicities, and Germans. The official languages of the Altai Republic are Russian and Altai. Kazakh is official in areas where it is spoken more.

1. ↑ Official website of the Altai Republic Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Constitution, Article 8
3. ↑ Official website of the Altai Republic. Biography of Alexander Vasilyevich Berdnikov Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Cite error: The named reference census2021 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
6. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
7. ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
8. ↑ Constitution, Article 13.