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Cherkasy Oblast
Черкаська область
Cherkas’ka oblast’ 
 




 Flag 
 Coat of arms




 




Capital>Administrative center 
 Cherkasy


Governor 
 Oleksandr Cherevko (?)


Oblast>Oblast council 
 - Chairperson
 - Council seats 

Volodymyr Hres’ (?)
76


Raions 
 City raions
 City>Cities
 Towns
 Villages 
21
6
25
34
838


Area 
Total
 - Land
 - Water (% of total) 
Ranked 18th
20,900 km²
? km²
? km² (?%)


Population 
 - Total (2006)
 - Density
 - Annual Growth
Ranked ? 
1,335,064
66.9/km²
?%


Average Salary (?)
 - Annual Growth
List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by salary>Ranked ?
$? ?%


Abbreviations 
 - Ukrainian postal codes>Postal code 
 - ISO 3166-2 
 - FIPS 10-4 region code
 - Phone code
 
?


+380-47


 Web site
 [www.oda.ck.ua]


Cherkasy Oblast (Ukrainian: Черкаська область, translit. Cherkas’ka oblast’; also referred to as Cherkashchyna - Ukrainian: Черкащина) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy). 





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Geography

With 20,900 km², the Cherkasy oblast is the 18th largest oblast of Ukraine, comprising about 3.5% of the area of the country.  The south flowing Dnieper River with the hilly western bank and the plain eastern bank divides the oblast into two unequal parts.  The larger western part belongs to the Dnieper Upland. The low-lying eastern part of the oblast' used to be subject to the frequent Dnieper flooding before the flow of the river became controlled by multiple dams of Hydroelectric Power Plants constructed along the river in the 20th century. 


The oblast extends for 245km from south-west to north-east, and for 150km from north to south. The northern-most point of the oblast is located is near the village of Kononivka in the Drabivsky Raion (district), the southern-most point near the village of Kolodyste in the Talnivsky Raion, the western-most point near the village of Korytnya in the Zhashkivsky Raion, and the eastern-most point near the village of Stetsivka in the Chyhyrynsky Raion.  The geometric centre of the oblast is located near the village Zhuravky of the Horodyshchensky Raion. The oblast borders the Kiev Oblast to the north, the Kirovohrad Oblast to the south, the Poltava Oblast to the east, and the Vinnytsya Oblast to the south.


The oblast has 14 large cities, 19 towns (selysche mis'koho typu), and 838 villages.



History

The Cherkasy Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 7, 1954. The oblast's territory was comprised of the major cities of Cherkasy, Smila and Uman, their correspoding raions (districts), as well as 30 former raions of the Vinnytsia, Kiev, Kirovohrad and Poltava Oblasts.



Population

The current estimated population is 1,367,685 (as of 2005).


According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the oblast's population is almost equally divided between the urban and rural areas (53.7% and 46.3%, respectively)[link]. The demographic situation in this largely agricultural territory is somewhat complicated by population ageing[link]. 


By ethnic composition, Ukrainians represent the overwhelming majority of the oblast's population (93.6%)[link]. Ethnic Russians are the distant second group of population (5.4%), and are concentrated mainly in the city of Cherkasy.  


The oblast is primarily Ukrainophone.



Economy

The economy of the Cherkasy Oblast is largely dominated by agriculture. While the winter wheat and sugar beets are the main products grown in the oblast, barley, corn, tobacco and hemp are also grown.  Cattle breeding is also important.


The industry is mainly concentrated in Cherkasy, the oblast's capital and the largest city. A chemical industry was developed in the city in late 1960s in addition to machine building, furniture making and agricultural processing.



Tourism






Detailed map of Cherkasy Oblast

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Detailed map of Cherkasy Oblast








Subdivisions

The Cherkasy Oblast is subdivided into 21 raions (administrative districts), and 6 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast.  


The districts of the Cherkasy oblast include:



Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, 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: Cherkasy is the center of  the Cherkas’ka oblast’ (Cherkasy 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 Cherkasy Oblast, Cherkashchyna.






See also



References




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 Subdivisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine 













 Raions: 

Cherkasy City | Cherkasky Raion | Chornobaivsky Raion | Chyhyrynsky Raion | Drabivsky Raion | Horodyshchensky Raion | Kamiansky Raion | Kaniv City | Kanivsky Raion | Katerynopilsky Raion | Khrystynivsky Raion | Korsun-Shevchenkivsky Raion | Lysiansky Raion | Mankivsky Raion | Monastyryshchensky Raion | Shpoliansky Raion | Smila City | Smiliansky Raion |Talnivsky Raion | Uman City | Umansky Raion | Vatutine City | Zhashkivsky Raion | Zolotonosha City | Zolotonisky Raion | Zvenyhorodsky Raion 




 Cities: 

Cherkasy | Chyhyryn | Horodyshche | Kamianka | Kaniv | Khrystynivka | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | Monastyryshche | Shpola | Smila | Talne | Uman | Vatutine | Zhashkiv | Zolotonosha | Zvenyhorodka




 Towns: 

Babanka | Buky | Chornobai | Drabiv | Irdyn | Katerynopil | Lysianka | Mankivka | Shramivka | Stebliv | Tsvitkove | Tsybuliv | Verkhniachka | Vilshana | Yerky





 Villages: 

Moryntsi








 

 Ukraine 






 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





























 





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