What is Chelyabinsk Oblast?
[[File:Chelyabinsk in Russia.svg|thumb|right|300px|The location of Chelyabinsk Oblast within Russia.]] [[File:Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[File:Coat of arms of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Chelyabinsk Oblast''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a [[province]] (an [[oblast]]) in [[Russia]]. It is around the [[Ural Mountains]], on the border between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investinrussia.biz/city/chelyabinsk-city/investing-chelyabinsk-city|title=Investing in Chelyabinsk city - Invest in Russia|website=www.investinrussia.biz|access-date=2016-04-25|archive-date=2020-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201213626/http://investinrussia.biz/city/chelyabinsk-city/investing-chelyabinsk-city|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotobo.or.jp/events/forum/presentation/2-4-05Murzina.pdf|title=On cooperation between the Chelyabinsk region and Japan|last= Vladimirovna Murzina|first=Elena|year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |title=Invest in Ural |access-date=2016-04-25 |archive-date=2013-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224041400/http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Guide to Investment|url=http://econom-chelreg.ru/files/ChelReginiPwC.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193751/http://econom-chelreg.ru/files/ChelReginiPwC.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-06|access-date=2016-04-25|format=pdf}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[city]] of [[Chelyabinsk]]. As of 2023, the population is 3,603,339.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nazaccent.ru/regions/chelyabinsk/|title=Population of the Chelyabinsk region, number and national composition|year=2020}}</ref> Chelyabinsk oblast is located in the European part of Russia. == Geography and climate == Its elevation is 200–250&nbsp;meters above [[sea level]]. === Climate === Most of t