Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast (,
translit. ''Mykolayivs'ka oblast
; also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna - ') is an
oblast (province) of
Ukraine. The
administrative center of the oblast is the city of
Mykolayiv.
The Mykoliav Oblast' is located in the southern half of Ukraine. Its area (24,600 km²), comprises about 4.07% of the total area of Ukraine.
The Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon the
Odessa Oblast in the west-southwest, the
Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, the
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, and the
Kherson Oblast on the southeast.
On the south the obalst' is also bordered by the
Black Sea. On the shoreline, there are several ports and the
Mykolaiv International Airport.
The current estimated population is 1.2 million people (as of
2005). Thh greater part of the oblast's population resides in
urban type settlements (66%), with the other half residing in agricultural areas. Also, almost 60% of urban population resides in Mykolayiv, the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Mykolayiv Oblast.
The oblast's population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine â€" 52 people per 1
km². The oblast' is ranked 18 by the percentage of the polulation of Ukraine, that the Mykolaiv Oblast contain, which os 2.6%.
The Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September of
1937. It is subdivided into: 19
raions (administrative districts), and 5 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast.
The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Mykolaiv Oblast:
* Administrative Center - 1 (
Mykolaiv)
*
Raions â€" 19;
* City raions â€" 4;
* Settlements â€" 922, including:
**
Villages â€" 896;
** Cities/Towns â€" 26, including:
***
Urban-type settlement â€" 17;
*** Cities â€" 9, including:
**** Cities of oblast' subordinance â€" 5;
**** Cities of raion subordinance â€" 4;
*
Selsovets â€" 287.
The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the
President of Ukraine.
Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their
capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (,
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:
Mykolaiv is the center of the
Mykolaivs'ka oblast' (Mykolaiv 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 Mykolaiv Oblast,
Mykolaivshchyna.
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Subdivisions of Ukraine*
Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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State Administration of Mykolaiv Oblast - official site
