Kirovohrad Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast Кіровоградська область Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ | |
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 Location o Kirovohrad Oblast (red) athin Ukraine (blue) | |
| Kintra |  Ukraine |
| Admin. centre | Kirovohrad |
| Govrenment | |
| • Governor | Serhiy Larin[1] (Pairty o Regions[1]) |
| • Chairperson | Mykola Sukhomlyn |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24588 km2 (9,493 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 15t |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,057,951 |
| • Rank | Ranked 25t |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 25000-27999 |
| Aurie code | +380-52 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-35 |
| Raions | 21 |
| Ceeties o oblast subordinance | 4 |
| Ceeties (tot) | 12 |
| Touns | 26 |
| Veelages | 1015 |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP10 |
| Website | www.kr-admin.gov.ua |
Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; referred tae as Kirovohradschyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина an aw) is an oblast (province) o Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Kirovohrad.
Geography
The aurie o the province is 24,600 km2 (9,498.11 sq mi), its population (as o 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.
The ceety o Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical centre o Ukraine.
History
The oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 10 Januar 1939.
Atween 1752 an 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast wis a territory o Imperial Roushie namit Nova Serbia, an existit in this aurie wi an admeenistrative seat in Novomyrhorod.
Points o interest
The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.
- Khutir Nadia
- Saint Elizabeth fortress
- Oblast airt museum
Subdiveesions
The Kirovohrad Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 21 raions (destricts) as well as 4 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Kirovohrad.
| In Inglis | In Ukrainian | Admeenistrative Center | |
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| Bobrynetskyi Raion | Бобринецький район Bobrynets'kyi raion |
Bobrynets (Ceety) | |
| Dobrovelychkivskyi Raion | Добровеличківський район Dobrovelychkivs'kyi raion |
Dobrovelychkivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Dolynskyi Raion | Долинський район Dolyns'kyi raion |
Dolynska (Ceety) | |
| Haivoronskyi Raion | Гайворонський район Haivorons'kyi raion |
Haivoron (Ceety) | |
| Holovanivskyi Raion | Голованівський район Holovanivs'kyi raion |
Holovanivsk (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Kirovohradskyi Raion | Кіровоградський район Kirovohrads'kyi raion |
Kirovohrad (Ceety) | |
| Kompaniivskyi Raion | Компаніївський район Kompaniyivs'kyi raion |
Kompaniivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Malovyskivskyi Raion | Маловисківський район Malovyskivs'kyi raion |
Mala Vyska (Ceety) | |
| Novhorodkivskyi Raion | Новгородківський район Novhorodkivs'kyi raion |
Novhorodka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Novoarkhanhelskyi Raion | Новоархангельський район Novoarkhanhel's'kyi raion |
Novoarkhanhelsk (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Novomyrhorodskyi Raion | Новомиргородський район Novomyrhorods'kyi raion |
Novomyrhorod (Ceety) | |
| Novoukrainskyi Raion | Новоукраїнський район Novoukrains'kyi raion |
Novoukrainka (Ceety) | |
| Oleksandrivskyi Raion | Олександрівський район Oleksandrivs'kyi raion |
Oleksandrivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Oleksandriyskyi Raion | Олександрійський район Oleksandriys'kyi raion |
Oleksandriia (Ceety) | |
| Onufriivskyi Raion | Онуфріївський район Onufriyivs'kyi raion |
Onufriivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Petrivskyi Raion | Петрівський район Petrivs'kyi raion |
Petrove (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Svitlovodskyi Raion | Світловодський район Svitlovods'kyi raion |
Svitlovodsk (Ceety) | |
| Ulianovskyi Raion | Ульяновський район Ul'yanovs'kyi raion |
Ulianovka (Ceety) | |
| Ustynivskyi Raion | Устинівський район Ustynivs'kyi raion |
Ustynivka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Vilshanskyi Raion | Вільшанський район Vilshans'kyi raion |
Vilshanka (Urban-type settlement) | |
| Znamianskyi Raion | Знам'янський район Znamyans'kyi raion |
Znamianka (Ceety) |
Nomenclatur
Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: Kirovohrad is the centre o the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Maist oblasts are whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form an aw, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.
See an aw
- Subdiveesions o Ukraine
References
- ↑ a b Yanukovych appoints governors of Kirovohrad, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Ternopil regions, Kyiv Post (April 7, 2010)
Freemit airtins
- Kirovohrad Oblast Admeenistration wabsteid Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- Kirovohrad Wab Directory (in Ukrainian)/(in Roushie)
- Kirovohrad Daily News (in Ukrainian)/(in Roushie)
- Kirovohrad Region Information o MFA o Ukraine (in Inglis)/(in Ukrainian)
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