The area of the region is 120,374 square kilometers .
The population is 1,296,958 people.
The administrative center is the city of Kirov .
Other cities of the region Include Kirovo - Chepetsk , Sloboda , Vyatskiye Polyany.
In the region there are 19753 rivers.
The major part of the region is occupied by the Vyatka river basin.
The climate is temperate continental.
The region has 817 libraries, 40 museums.
The area is famous for folk arts of handicraft.
Main industries are engineering and metalworking; ferrous and non- ferrous metallurgy, chemical, microbiological, timber, woodworking, paper, peat, light and food industries.