Ternopil Oblast

Infobox Ukrainian oblast
Name = Ternopil Oblast
UkrainianName = Тернопільська область
TransliteratedName = Ternopil’s’ka oblast’

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Ukraine

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Administrative_center = Ternopil
GovernorName = Ivan Stoiko
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Raions = 17
CityRaions = 1
Cities = 14
CMTs = 17
Villages = 1019
AreaRank = 22^nd
TotalArea = 13,823
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PopulationYear = 2006
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Population = 1,107,294
Density = 82.5
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PostalCodePrefix = List of postal codes#U-Z
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PhoneCode = +380-35
Website = www.adm.gov.te.ua

Ternopil Oblast ( _uk. Тернопільська область, translit. "Ternopil’s’ka oblast’"; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil.

Geography

The area of the oblast is 13,800 km².

History

Before World War I, the area of the oblast was ruled by Austria-Hungary; after that war Poland assumed the governing of the area, as part of the Tarnopol Voivodeship (prior to World War II). The capital was 40% Polish, 20% Ukrainian and 40% Jewish before World War II, when the population was 35,000.

[
thumb|left|Tarnopol Voivodeship, September 17, 1939.]

After World War II, most Poles were relocated to Poland. In 2005, the population had grown to roughly 225,000, mostly Ukrainian with a large Russian or Russian-speaking minority and an invisibly small Jewish community. The religion is mostly Eastern Rite Catholic (Uniate) with active Orthodox and Protestant minorities. Many churches, large and small, have been built every year since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The city has important institutions of higher education, including two teacher's colleges, an international medical school with instruction in English and one of three economics institutes in Ukraine.

One of the major battles in the Soviet Union was fought to control Ternopil because it is a rail transportation hub. After the war, the destroyed residential section near the river was turned into an artificial lake instead of being rebuilt.

Points of Interest

The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.
* Verteb cavern
* Bohyt
* Buczacz ratusha
* Pochaiv monastery
* Zavarnytsia spiritual center
* Vyshnevetsky palace
* Camp UPA
* Zamky of Ternopil

Population

The current estimated population is 1.1 million people (as of 2004).

Economy

Although the city continues to grow rapidly, heavily supported by remittances from workers abroad, many abandoned buildings in rural areas of the oblast and even in the city give mute evidence that the economy is uneven.

ubdivisions

The Ternopil Oblast is administratively subdivided into 17 raions (districts), as well as 1 city (municipality) which is directly subordinate to the oblast government: Ternopil, the administrative center of the oblast.

ee also

* Subdivisions of Ukraine