Back Wes-Siberiese ekonomiese streek AF Regió econòmica de la Sibèria Occidental Catalan Анăç-Çĕпĕр экономика районĕ CV Región económica de Siberia Occidental Spanish منطقه اقتصادی غرب سیبری FA Länsi-Siperian talousalue Finnish Région économique de Sibérie occidentale French Réigiún Eacnamaíochta na Sibéire Thiar GA Nyugat-szibériai Gazdasági Körzet Hungarian Wilayah ekonomi Siberia Barat ID
West Siberian economic region
Западно-Сибирский экономический район | |
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.svg) Map of Central Economic Region | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,454,084 km2 (947,527 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 14,453,566 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₽ 17,250 billion US$ 234.600 billion (2021) |
The West Siberian Economic Region[a] is one of the twelve economic regions of Russia.
This vast plain—marshy and thinly populated in the north, hilly in the south—is of growing economic importance, mostly due to the abundance of natural resources: oil, coal, wood, water. There are vast oilfields in the West Siberian petroleum basin, and Russia's largest oil refinery is the Omsk Refinery. The Kuznetsk Basin around Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk is a center of coal mining, and the production of iron, steel, machinery, and chemicals. Logging is a significant industry throughout the region. Hydroelectric stations dam the Ob near Novosibirsk and Kamen-na-Obi. The navigable Ob-Irtysh watershed covers most of this area, and the southern part is also criss-crossed by the Trans-Siberian, South Siberian and Turkestan-Siberian rail lines. Agricultural products include wheat, rice, oats, and sugar beets, and livestock is raised.[2]
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