consists of counties:
| year 1998 | year 1999 | year 2000 | year 2001 | year 2002 | year 2003 | year 2004 | year 2005 | |
| Population | 255464 | 256185 | 256790 | 256965 | 257189 | 257601 | 257870 | 258135 |
| GDP fixed prices 2000 | 25597 | 24313 | 24947 | 26345 | 28479 | 28302 | 29870 | 30541 |
| Unemployment rate LFS | 19% | 21% | 23.4% | 24.3% | 21.2% | 21.4% | 22.8% | 21.3% |
| indicator | year |
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