Kirovohrad Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast Кіровоградська область Kirovohrads’ka oblast’
Image:Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast.svg Image:Coat of Arms of Kirovohrad Oblast.png Flag Coat of arms
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Location of Kirovohrad Oblast (red) on the map of Ukraine (blue).
Administrative center	Kirovohrad
Largest cities
Governor	Vasyl Motsnyi (non-party)
Oblast council
– Chairman	Mykola Sukhomlyn (?)
– № of seats	?
Established
Subdivisions
– Raions	21
– Cities of oblast subordinance	4
– Cities (total)	12
– Towns	26
– Villages	1,015
Area	Ranked 15th
– Total	24,588 km²
– Land	? km²
– Water	? (?%)
Population	Ranked ?
– Total (2006)	1,057,951
– Density	45 p/ km²
– Average salary	UAH ? (?%)
Time zone	EET +2
– Summer (DST)	EEST +3
Abbreviations
– Postal code	25000-27999
– ISO 3166-2	UA-35
– FIPS 10-4	UP10
– Telephone code	+380-52
– Licence plate	(ukr)
Official website	www.kr-admin.gov.ua
Verkhovna Rada site

Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradshchyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kirovohrad.

Geography

The area of the province is 24,600 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.

The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

History

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939.

Between 1752 and 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast was a territory of Imperial Russia named Nova Serbia, and existed in this area with an administrative seat in Novomyrhorod.

Subdivisions

The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kirovohrad.

Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Kirovohrad is the center of the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.

See also: Romanization of Ukrainian

See also

• Subdivisions of Ukraine

External links

• Kirovohrad Oblast Administration website (Ukrainian)
• Kirovohrad Web Directory (Ukrainian)/(Russian)
• Kirovohrad Daily News (Ukrainian)/(Russian)

Administrative divisions of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
Administrative center:  Kirovohrad
Raions	Bobrynetskyi · Dobrovelychkivskyi · Dolynskyi · Haivoronskyi · Holovanivskyi · Kirovohradskyi · Kompaniyivskyi · Malovyskivskyi · Novhorodkivskyi · Novoarkhanhelskyi · Novomyrhorodskyi · Novoukrainskyi · Oleksandrivskyi · Oleksandriiskyi · Onufriivskyi · Petrivskyi · Svitlovodskyi · Ulianovskyi · Ustynivskyi · Vilshanskyi · Znamianskyi	Image:Coat of Arms of Kirovohrad Oblast.png
Cities	Bobrynets · Dolynska · Haivoron · Kirovohrad · Mala Vyska · Novomyrhorod · Novoukrainka · Oleksandriia · Pomichna · Svitlovodsk · Ulianovka · Znamianka
Urban-type settlements	Dobrovelychkivka · Holovanivsk · Kompaniivka · Novhorodka · Novoarkhanhelsk · Oleksandrivka · Onufriivka · Petrove · Ustynivka · Vilshanka · more...
Villages	more...

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