Capital: Ryazan, the largest city, located on the Oka River (approximately 200 km southeast of Moscow).
Geography: The county is situated on the Russian Plain, between the Central Russian Plateau and the Volga Heights.
The Oka River divides the area in two:
Northern part: forested with swamps (Meshkhara Lowlands).
Southern part: forest-steppe, largely used for agriculture.
It borders Moscow Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod, Mordovia, Penza, Tambov, Lipetsk, and Tula, among others.
Economy and landscape: Agriculture is important (cereals, sugar beets, vegetables, flax).
Industry is concentrated mainly in the city of Ryazan (including machine building, petrochemicals, and oil processing).
There are also nature reserves such as the Oksky Nature Reserve and Meshchersky National Park.
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