Poltava Oblast
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| Poltavs’ka oblast’ Полтавська область 
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| capital | Poltava |
| population total density urban | 1,584,446 55/km² 59.2% |
| area | 28,800 km² |
| raions cities city districts urban-type localities villages | 25 15 5 21 1,831 |
Important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny, Myrhorod, and Poltava.
Geography
Poltava oblast’ is situated in the central part of Ukraine. Area is 28,8 thousand km². Oblast’ borders upon Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnopropetrovs’k, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions. Regional center is the city of Poltava.
Administrative Sudivisions
Oblast’ is divided into 25 districts, 15 cities including 5 settlements of city estate, 21 urban villages, 1862 villages.The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Poltava Oblast:
- Administrative Center - 1 (Dnipropetrovsk)
- Raions — 18;
- City raions — 2;
- Settlements — 1526, including:
- * Villages — 1491;
- * Cities/Towns — 35, including:
- ** Urban-type settlement — 20;
- ** Cities — 15, including:
- *** Cities of oblast' subordinance — 7;
- *** Cities of raion subordinance — 8;
- Selsovets — 384.
Demographics
It is believed that normalized Ukrainian has been based on 19th century local peasant dialect. But now at least half of the province' population speaks either Russian or its mixture with Ukrainian named Surzhyk. It was mostly a result of industry-related immigration and Russification.
As of 2005-05-01 its population is 1,584,446, and its population density is 59 people on 1 km².
Economy
Industry
The province is a center of Ukraine's oil and natural gas industry, with many wells and pipelines situated here. There is a major oil refinery plant in the city of Krementchuk. Important iron ore processing facilities also present. In general there are 374 large industrial organization and 618 small industrial organizations.Agriculture
In 1999 the gross grain yield was about 1452,9 thousand tons, sugar beets – 1002,900 tons, sunflower seeds – 166,200 tons, potatoes – 279,900 tons. The oblast also produced 120,500 tons of meat, 645,900 tons of milk and 423,200,00 eggs. At the beginning of 1999 there were 1,311 registered farms in the region.External links
- () [Information Card of the Region] - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- () [State Administration of Poltava Region] - official site
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| Subdivisions of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Chornukhynsky Raion |
Chutivsky Raion |
Dykansky Raion |
Hadyatsky Raion |
Hlobynsky Raion |
Hrebinkivsky Raion |
Karlivsky Raion |
Khorolsky Raion |
Kobeliatsky Raion |
Komsomolsk City |
Kotelevsky Raion |
Kozelshchynsky Raion |
Kremenchuk City |
Kremenchutsky Raion |
Lokhvytsky Raion |
Lubensky Raion |
Lubny City |
Mashivsky Raion |
Myrhorod City |
Myrhorodsky Raion |
Novosanzharsky Raion |
Orzhytsky Raion |
Poltava City |
Poltavsky Raion |
Pyryatynsky Raion |
Reshetylivsky Raion |
Semenivsky Raion |
Shyshatskyy Raion |
Velykobahachansky Raion |
Zinkivsky Raion
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| Cities: |
Hadiach |
Hrebinka |
Karlivka |
Khorol |
Kobeliaky |
Komsomolsk |
Kremenchuk |
Lokhvytsia |
Lubny |
Myrhorod |
Poltava |
Pyryatyn |
Zinkiv
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| Towns: |
Chornukhy |
Chutove |
Dykanka |
Hlobyne |
Kotelva |
Kozelshchyna |
Mashivka |
Novi Sanzhary |
Orzhytsia |
Reshetylivka |
Semenivka |
Shyshaky |
Velyka Bahachka
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| Villages: | Velyki Sorochyntsi | ||
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