17 April 2003, 14:02
Stavropol Territory
Territory - 66.5 thousand sq km
Population - 2660.1 thousand people (for 01.01.99), including: urban - 53.5%; rural - 46.5%.
Administrative division - 26 regions, 18 cities, including: 10 of territory subordination, 7 semiurban settlements and 285 rural administrative units. Territory centre - Stavropol (342.7 thousand inhabitants).
Largest cities (number of inhabitants for 01.01.98, thousand people): Pyatigorsk (185.2), Nevinnomyssk (132.4), Kislovodsk (117.3), Yessentuki (89.4).