- Kirovohrad Oblast
Infobox Ukrainian oblast
Name = Kirovohrad Oblast
UkrainianName = Кіровоградська область
TransliteratedName = Kirovohrads’ka oblast’
Ukraine
Administrative_center =Kirovohrad
GovernorName =Vasyl Motsnyi
GovernorParty = non-party
ChairmanName = Mykola Sukhomlyn
ChairmanParty = ?
CouncilSeats = ?
Raions = 21
CityRaions = 4
Cities = 12
CMTs = 26
Villages = 1,015
AreaRank = 15th
TotalArea = 24,588
LandArea = ?
WaterArea = ?
PercentWater = ?
PopulationYear =2006
Population_rank = ?
Population = 1,057,951
Density = 45
Population_Growth = ?
SalaryYear = ?
Salary_rank = ?
Salary = ?
Salary_Growth = ?
PostalAbbreviation = 25000-27999
ISOCode =
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PhoneCode = +380-52
Website = www.kr-admin.gov.uaKirovohrad Oblast ( _uk. Кіровоградська область, translit. "Kirovohrads’ka oblast’"; also referred to as Kirovohradshchyna - " _uk. Кіровоградщина") is an oblast (province) of
Ukraine . The administrative center of the oblast is the city ofKirovohrad .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 onJanuary 10 ,1939 .Between
1752 and1764 , the Kirovohrad Oblast was a territory of Imperial Russia namedNova Serbia , and existed in this area with an administrative seat inNovomyrhorod .Points of Interest
The following sites were nominated for the
Seven Wonders of Ukraine .
*Khutir Nadia
*Saint Elizabeth fortress
*Oblast art museum ubdivisions
The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21
raions (district s) 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" ( _uk. обласний центр, translit. "oblasnyi tsentr"). The name of each oblast is arelative adjective , formed by adding a femininesuffix 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".ee also
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Subdivisions of Ukraine External links
* [http://www.kr-admin.gov.ua/ Kirovohrad Oblast Administration website] uk icon
* [http://www.rks.kr.ua/list/ Kirovohrad Web Directory] uk icon/ru icon
* [http://www.rks.kr.ua/daily/ Kirovohrad Daily News] uk icon/ru icon
* [http://www.mfa.gov.ua/mfa/en/publication/content/328.htm Kirovohrad Region Information of MFA of Ukraine] en icon/uk icon
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