Zaporizhia Oblast

Zaporizhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, translit. Zaporiz'ka oblast’; referred tae as Zaporizhzhya – Ukrainian: Запоріжжя an aw) is an oblast (province) o soothren Ukraine. Its caipital is Zaporizhia.

Zaporizhia Oblast Запорізька область Zaporiz'ka oblast’
Oblast
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Location o Zaporizhia Oblast (red) athin Ukraine (blue)
Kintra	Ukraine
Admin. centre	Zaporizhia
Govrenment
• Governor	Oleksandr Peklushenko (Pairty o Regions)
• Oblast cooncil	? seats
• Chairperson	Oleksandr Nefodorov (Pairty o Regions)
Population
• Total	1,877,200
• Rank	Ranked 9t
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Aurie code	+380-61
ISO 3166 code	UA-23
Raions	5
Ceeties (tot)	14
Touns	23
Veelages	920
FIPS 10-4	UP26

This oblast is an important pairt o Ukraine's industry an agricultur.

Geography

The aurie o the province is 27,200 km²; its population (as o 2004-05-01) is 1.9 million.

Important ceeties include:

• Berdyansk
• Enerhodar – hame o the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Pouer Plant
• Melitopol
• Zaporizhia

History

The Zaporizhia Oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 10 Januar 1939.

The territory o the oblast came unner the dominion o the Golden Horde efter the faw o Kievan Rus'. The steppes aff o the Dnieper River wur subsequently ruled bi the Crimean Khanate, beginnin in 1445.

Frae the 15t century tae the 18t century, the northren pairts o the province belangit tae the Zaporizhian Sich – a sel-govrened military republic o the Ukrainian Kozaks.

Points o interest

The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.

• Kamyana Mohyla, prehistoric "Stane Tomb" steid (museum-preserve)
• Khortytsia
• Dniprostroy

Subdiveesions

The Zaporizhia Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 20 raions (destricts) as well as 5 ceeties (municipalities) that are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Berdiansk, Enerhodar, Melitopol, Tokmak, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Zaporizhia.

Raions o the Zaporizhia Oblast

	In Scots	In Ukrainian	Admeenistrative Center
	Berdianskyi Raion	Бердянський район Berdians'kyi raion	Berdiansk (Ceety)
	Chernihivskyi Raion	Чернігівський район Chernihivs'kyi raion	Chernihivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Huliaipilskyi Raion	Гуляйпільський район Huliaipils'kyi raion	Huliaipole (Ceety)
	Kamyansko-Dniprovskyi Raion	Кам'янсько-Дніпровський район Kamyans'ko-Dniprovs'kyi raion	Kamyanka-Dniprovska (Ceety)
	Kuibyshevskyi Raion	Куйбишевський район Kuibyshevs'kyi raion	Kuibysheve (Urban-type settlement)
	Melitopolskyi Raion	Мелітопольський район Hertsayivs'kyi raion	Melitopol (Ceety)
	Mykhailivskyi Raion	Михайлівський район Mykhailivs'kyi raion	Mykhailivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Novomykolaivskyi Raion	Новомиколаївський район Novomykolayivs'kyi raion	Novomykolaivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Orikhivskyi Raion	Оріхівський район Orikhivs'kyi raion	Orikhiv (Ceety)
	Polohivskyi Raion	Пологівський район Polohivs'kyi raion	Polohy (Ceety)
	Pryazovskyi Raion	Приазовський район Pry-azovs'kyi raion	Pryazovske (Urban-type settlement)
	Prymorskyi Raion	Приморський район Prymors'kyi raion	Prymorsk (Ceety)
	Rozivskyi Raion	Розівський район Rozivs'kyi raion	Rozivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Tokmatskyi Raion	Токмацький район Tokmats'kyi raion	Tokmak (Ceety)
	Vasylivskyi Raion	Василівський район Vasylivs'kyi raion	Vasylivka (Ceety)
	Velykobilozerskyi Raion	Великобілозерський район Velykobilozers'kyi raion	Velyka Bilozerka (Veelage)
	Veselivskyi Raion	Веселівський район Veselivs'kyi raion	Vesele (Urban-type settlement)
	Vilnianskyi Raion	Вільнянський район Vilnians'kyi raion	Vilniansk (Ceety)
	Yakymivskyi Raion	Якимівський район Yakymivs'kyi raion	Yakymivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Zaporizkyi Raion	Запорізький район Zaporiz'kyi raion	Zaporizhia (Ceety)

See an aw

• Subdiveesions o Ukraine

Further readins

• (in Ukrainian) Запорізька область: Ілюстрована енциклопедія. [Т.2]: Архітектура і містобудування. Культура. Економіка. Райони області / К.С. Карафін, О. І. Красюк. -Запоріжжя : Дике Поле, 2004. - 293 с.

Freemit airtins

• Zaporizhia Oblast Admeenistration – offeecial wabsteid (in Ukrainian)
• Zaporizhia Oblast Rada – offeecial wabsteid (in Ukrainian)