Kirovohrad Oblast

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Kirovohrads'ka Oblast'
Кіровоградська область

Population
Total (2004)
Density
Urban
1,094,740
45/km²
60.6%
Area 24,600 km²
Raions 21
Cities 12
City districts 2
Urban localities 26
Villages 1,015
Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradshchyna) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kirovohrad.

Kirovohrads'ka Oblast' Кіровоградська область



Population Total (2004) Density Urban	1,094,740 45/km² 60.6%
Area	24,600 km²
Raions	21
Cities	12
City districts	2
Urban localities	26
Villages	1,015

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Subdivisions
1.2 Cities

2 History

Geography

The area of the province is 24,600 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.

Subdivisions

There are 21 raions (districts) in Kirovohrads'ka oblast'. Their center cities are: Oleksandriya, Olexandrivka, Bobrynets', Hayvoron, Holovanivs'k, Dobrovelychkivka, Dolyns'ka, Znamyanka, Kirovohrad, Kompaniyivka, Mala Vyska, Novgorodka, Novoarkhanhels'k, Novomyrhorod, Novoukrainka, Vil'shanka, Onufriyivka, Petrove, Svitlovods'k, Ulyanivka, Ustynivka.

Cities

Important cities of the Kirovohrad Oblast include:

Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

History

Between 1752 and 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast was a territory of Imperial Russia named Nova Serbia, and existed in this area with an administrative seat in Novomyrhorod.

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	Subdivisions of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Bobrynetskyi Raion \| Dobrovelychkivskyi Raion \| Dolynskyi Raion \| Haivoronskyi Raion \| Holovanivskyi Raion \| Kirovohrad City \| Kirovohradskyi Raion \| Kompaniyivskyi Raion \| Malovyskivskyi Raion \| Novhorodkivskyi Raion \| Novoarkhanhelskyi Raion \| Novomyrhorodskyi Raion \| Novoukrainskyi Raion \| Oleksandrivskyi Raion \| Oleksandriia City \| Oleksandriiskyi Raion \| Onufriivskyi Raion \| Petrivskyi Raion \| Svitlovodsk City \| Svitlovodskyi Raion \| Ulianovskyi Raion \| Ustynivskyi Raion \| Vilshanskyi Raion \| Znamianka City \| Znamianskyi Raion
	Cities:	Bobrynets \| Dolynska \| Haivoron \| Kirovohrad \| Mala Vyska \| Novomyrhorod \| Novoukrainka \| Oleksandriia \| Pomichna \| Svitlovodsk \| Ulianivka \| Znamianka
	Towns:	Dobrovelychkivka \| Holovanivsk \| Kompaniivka \| Novhorodka \| Novoarkhanhelsk \| Oleksandrivka \| Onufriivka \| Petrove \| Ustynivka \| Vilshanka

	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