Kherson Oblast

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Kherson Oblast
Херсонська область / Khersons’ka oblast’

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Flag	Coat of arms

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Administrative center

Kherson

Governor

Borys Vitaliyovych Silenkov ()

Oblast council
- Chairperson
- Council seats

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Bespalov ()

Subdivisions
- Raions
- Cities of oblast
subordinance
- Cities
-Towns
- Villages

18

3
9
30
658

Area
Total
- Land
- Water (% of total)

Ranked
28,461 km²
km²
km² (%)

Population
- Total (2001)
- Density
- Annual Growth

Ranked 21
1,126,000
39,58/km²
%

Average Salary ()
- Annual Growth

Ranked
$ %

Abbreviations
- Postal code
- ISO 3166-2
- FIPS 10-4
- Phone code

UA-65
UP08
+380-55

Web site

www.oda.kherson.ua

Kherson Oblast (Ukrainian: Херсонська область, translit. Khersons’ka oblast’; also referred to as Khersonshchyna - Ukrainian: Херсонщина) is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.4 million.

Important cities in the oblast include:

1 Geography
2 Administrative Sudivisions
3 Demographics
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The Kherson Oblast is bordered by the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the north, the Black Sea and the Crimea on the south, the Mykolayiv Oblast on the west, and the Azov Sea and the Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the east.

The Dnieper River runs through the oblast which includes the Kakhovka Reservoir.

[edit] Administrative Sudivisions

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Kherson Oblast:

Administrative Center - 1 (Kherson)
Raions — 18;
City raions — 3;
Settlements — 697, including:
- Villages — 658;
- Cities/Towns — 39, including:
  - Urban-type settlement — 30;
  - Cities — 9, including:
    - Cities of oblast' subordinance — 3;
    - Cities of raion subordinance — 6;
Selsovets — 260.

The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

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[edit] Demographics

The population of the oblast is 1,367,685 (2004), which 2.4% of the total population of Ukraine. It is also ranked 21^st by its population. The population density is 43 p/km²

About 61.5% or 745,400 people live in urban areas of the Oblast and 38.5% or 467,600 people live in agricultural centers/villages. Men make up 46.7% or 565,400 people of the population, women make up 53.3% or 644,600 people, and pensioners make up 26.2% or 317,400 people of the Oblast population.

Ukrainian National Census (2001):

Ukrainians — 82,0%
Russians — 14,1%
Belarusians — 0,7%
Crimean Tatars — 0,5%
Others — 2,7%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(English) Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
(Ukrainian) State Administration of Kherson Region - official site

Image:Cherson-oblast-COA.PNG	Subdivisions of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg

	Raions: Beryslavskyi \| Bilozerskyi \| Chaplynskyi \| Henicheskyi \| Holoprystanskyi \| Hornostaivskyi \| Ivanivskyi \| Kakhovskyi \| Kalanchatskyi \| Novotroitskyi \| Novovorontsovskyi \| Nyzhnosirohozkyi \| Skadovskyi \| Tsiurupynskyi \| Velykolepetyskyi \| Velykooleksandrivskyi \| Verkhniorohachytskyi \| Vysokopilskyi
	Cities: Beryslav \| Henichesk \| Hola Prystan \| Kakhovka \| Kherson \| Nova Kakhovka \| Skadovsk \| Tavriisk \| Tsiurupynsk
	Urban-type settlements: Bilozerka \| Chaplynka \| Hornostaivka \| Ivanivka \| Kalanchak \| Novotroitske \| Novovorontsovka \| Nyzhni Sirohozy \| Velyka Lepetykha \| Velyka Oleksandrivka \| Verkhniy Rohachyk \| Vysokopillia \| more...
	Villages: more...

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	Subdivisions of Ukraine: Cherkasy Oblast \| Chernihiv Oblast \| Chernivtsi Oblast \| Autonomous Republic of Crimea \| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast \| Donetsk Oblast \| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast \| Kharkiv Oblast \| Kherson Oblast \| Khmelnytskyi Oblast \| Kiev City \| Kiev Oblast \| Kirovohrad Oblast \| Luhansk Oblast \| Lviv Oblast \| Mykolaiv Oblast \| Odessa Oblast \| Poltava Oblast \| Rivne Oblast \| Sevastopol City \| Sumy Oblast \| Ternopil Oblast \| Vinnytsia Oblast \| Volyn Oblast \| Zakarpattia Oblast \| Zaporizhia Oblast \| Zhytomyr Oblast
	Administrative centers of subdivision units: Cherkasy \| Chernihiv \| Chernivtsi \| Dnipropetrovsk \| Donetsk \| Ivano-Frankivsk \| Kharkiv \| Kherson \| Khmelnytskyi \| Kiev \| Kirovohrad \| Luhansk \| Lutsk \| Lviv \| Mykolaiv \| Odessa \| Poltava \| Rivne \| Sevastopol \| Simferopol \| Sumy \| Ternopil \| Uzhhorod \| Vinnytsia \| Zaporizhia \| Zhytomyr