What is Orenburg?
{{no sources|date=September 2021}} [[Image:Flag of Orenburg.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Coat of Arms of Orenburg.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Orenburg''' ({{lang-ru|Оренбург}}) is a city in [[Russia]]. It is the capital of [[Orenburg Oblast]]. As of 2024, the city has 536,862 people.<ref>[https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Сhisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx rosstat2024]</ref> == History == Orenburg is known formerly Chkalov, a city and administrative centre of [[Orenburg Oblast]], an oblast in [[Russia]], on the [[Ural River]] at the [[Sakmara (river)|Sakmara]] confluence. Orenburg is founded as a fortress in 1735 at the Ural-Or confluence, where Orsk now stands, Orsk it was moved to its present site in 1743. Orenburg was originally the military centre of the Ural Cossacks, and its commercial importance grew with trade to [[Central Asia]], especially after the railway from [[Kuybyshev]] (now [[Samara, Russia|Samara]]) was built in 1871 to 1873. == Geography == Orenburg is in [[Europe]]. It is 1,458 kilometers southeast of [[Moscow]], 2,170 kilometers southeast of [[Saint Petersburg]] and 1,073 kilometers southeast of [[Nizhny Novgorod]]. == Economy and agriculture == Orenburg has major engineering industries, producing heavy-industrial and agricultural machinery; it manufactures a range of consumer goods and foodstuffs. It also has gas-processing facilities. Orenburg has teacher-training, medical, and agricultural institutes. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Orenburg Oblast}} {{authority control}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Orenburg Oblast]] [[Category:Capitals of oblasts of Russia]]