Mykolaiv Oblast
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| Mykolaiv Oblast Миколаївська область | |
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| Population Total (2004) Density Urban | 1,236,344 50/km² 66.6% |
| Area | 24,600 km² |
| Raions | 19 |
| Cities | 9 |
| City districts | ? |
| Towns | 17 |
| Villages | 900 |
Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Миколаївська область, translit. Mykolayivs’ka oblast’; also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Mykolayiv.
Geography
The Mykoliav Oblast' is located in the southern half of Ukraine. Its area (24,600 km²), comprises about 4.07% of the total area of Ukraine.
The Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon the Odessa Oblast in the west-southwest, the Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, and the Kherson Oblast on the southeast.
On the south the obalst' is also bordered by the Black Sea. On the shoreline, there are several ports and the Mykolaiv International Airport.
Population
The current estimated population is 1.2 million people (as of 2005). Thh greater part of the oblast's population resides in urban type settlements (66%), with the other half residing in agricultural areas. Also, almost 60% of urban population resides in Mykolayiv, the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Mykolayiv Oblast.The oblast's population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine – 52 people per 1 km². The oblast' is ranked 18 by the percentage of the polulation of Ukraine, that the Mykolaiv Oblast contain, which os 2.6%.
Administrative Sudivisions
The Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September of 1937. It is subdivided into: 19 raions (administrative districts), and 5 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast.The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Mykolaiv Oblast:
- Administrative Center - 1 (Mykolaiv)
- Raions — 19;
- City raions — 4;
- Settlements — 922, including:
- * Villages — 896;
- * Cities/Towns — 26, including:
- ** Urban-type settlement — 17;
- ** Cities — 9, including:
- *** Cities of oblast' subordinance — 5;
- *** Cities of raion subordinance — 4;
- Selsovets — 287.
See also
External links
- () [Information Card of the Region] - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- ()/()/() [State Administration of Mykolaiv Oblast] - official site
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| Subdivisions of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Arbuzynsky Raion |
Bashtansky Raion |
Berezansky Raion |
Bereznehuvatsky Raion |
Bratsky Raion |
Bradiivskyy Raion |
Domanivsky Raion |
Kazankivsky Raion |
Kryvo-ozersky Raion |
Mykolaiv City |
Mykolaivsky Raion |
Novobuzky Raion |
Novo-odesky Raion |
Ochakiv City |
Ochakivsky Raion |
Pervomaiysk City |
Pervomaisky Raion |
Snihurivsky Raion |
Veselynivsky Raion |
Voznesensk City |
Voznesensky Raion |
Vradiyivsky Raion |
Yelanetsky Raion |
Yuzhnoukrainsk City |
Zhovtnevy Raion |
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| Cities: |
Bashtanka |
Mykolaiv |
Novyi Buh |
Nova Odesa |
Ochakiv |
Pervomaiysk |
Snihurivka |
Voznesensk |
Yuzhnoukrainsk
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| Towns: | Arbuzynka | Berezanka | Bereznehuvate | Bratske | Domanivka | Kazanka | Kryve Ozero | Veselynove | Vradiyivka | Yelanets | ||
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