The Republic of Kalmykia is located on the South-East of the European part of Russia between the Volga and the don. The area of Kalmykia 76,1 thousand sq. km Distance from Moscow to Elista, the capital of the Republic - 1836 km Climate in Kalmykia continental. Rainfall is an average of 200 - 300 mm per year. Sunshine duration 2180 - 2250 hours per year. Summers are hot and long (+25°C - +35°C), sometimes reaches to +44°C, and winters with little snow (-8° to +3°C), sometimes with a short frosts up to - 20°C. Often spring comes early and the temperature in may +20°C +23°C. September - early October are warm, with the short rains. On-site is developed 39 oil and gas fields. In the depths of Kalmykia concentrated large prospective inferred resources of bischofite, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, iodine, bromine, rare earth metals, building materials (brick and clay clay, limestone-coquina, pinoges, construction and silicate Sands). The density of Railways is 2 km per 1000 sq. km of roads with hard coating - 29 km per 1000 sq. km The length of long-distance telephone channels - is 95.6 thousand km, the length of the lines sound wired broadcasting - 3,12 thousand kilometers of Coverage broadcasting - 96,4%, radio - 100%. The population of the Republic is 318,6 thousand people, its density is very low - only 4.2 people per 1 sq. km. Administrative regions 14. Modern urban population of Kalmykia is concentrated in three cities - Elista (107.9 thousand people), Gorodovikovsk (10 thousand people), Lagan (15.3 thousand people). Major industries: agriculture, fuel, power, construction materials, food processing, machine building and Metalworking.
The largest enterprises
Kalmykia is traditionally considered to be agricultural region with an insufficient level of development of the industry, due to its climatic conditions. Major industries: power engineering, fuel and food industry. In the Republic there are large Russian oil and gas company ITERA, TNK), investing in energy, construction, production of construction materials.