Rivne Oblast

Rivne Oblast
Рівненська область
Rivnens’ka oblast’
—  Oblast  —

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Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Рівненщина (Rivnenshchyna)
Location of Rivne Oblast (red) within Ukraine (blue)
Country  Ukraine
Admin. center Rivne
Government
 • Governor Vasyl Bertash[1] (Party of Regions[1])
 • Oblast council 80 seats
 • Chairperson Oleksandr Yuriyovych Danil'chuk (All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland)
Area
 • Total 20,047 km2 (7,740.2 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 22nd
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,154,682
 • Rank Ranked 20th
 • Density 57.6/km2 (149.2/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Average salary UAH 846 (2006)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 33xxx-35xxx
Area code +380-36
ISO 3166 code UA-56
Raions 16
Cities of oblast subordinance 4
Cities (total) 11
Towns 16
Villages 1003
FIPS 10-4 UP19
Website www.rv.gov.ua

Rivne Oblast (sometimes also Rovno Oblast; Ukrainian: Рівненська область, translit. Rivnens’ka oblast’; also referred to as Rivnenshchyna - Ukrainian: Рівненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.2 million. The Rivne Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939. A nuclear power plant is located in the oblast.

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Geography

Subdivisions

The Rivne Oblast is administratively subdivided into 16 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Dubno, Kuznetsovsk, Ostroh, and the administrative center of the oblast, Rivne.

Raions of the Rivne Oblast
In English In Ukrainian Administrative Center
Berezne Raion Березнівський район
Bereznivs'kyi raion
Berezne
(City)
Demydivka Raion Демидівський район
Demydivs'kyi raion
Demydivka
(Urban-type settlement)
Dubno Raion Дубенський район
Dubens'kyi raion
Dubno
(City)
Dubrovytsia Raion Дубровицький район
Dubrovyts'kyi raion
Dubrovytsia
(City)
Hoshcha Raion Гощанський район
Hoshchans'kyi raion
Hoshcha
(Urban-type settlement)
Korets Raion Корецький район
Korets'kyi raion
Korets
(City)
Kostopil Raion Костопільський район
Kostopils'kyi raion
Kostopil
(City)
Mlyniv Raion Млинівський район
Mlynivs'kyi raion
Mlyniv
(Urban-type settlement)
Ostroh Raion Рожнятівський район
Ostroz'kyi raion
Ostroh
(City)
Radyvyliv Raion Радивилівський район
Radyvylivs'kyi raion
Radyvyliv
(City)
Rivne Raion Рівненський район
Rivnens'kyi raion
Rivne
(City)
Rokytne Raion Рокитнівський район
Rokytnivs'kyi raion
Rokytne
(Urban-type settlement)
Sarny Raion Сарненський район
Sarnens'kyi raion
Sarny
(City)
Volodymyrets Raion Володимирецький район
Volodymyrets'kyi raion
Volodymyrets
(City)
Zarichne Raion Зарічненський район
Zarichnens'kyi raion
Zarichne
(Urban-type settlement)
Zdolbuniv Raion Здолбунівський район
Zdolbunivs'kyi raion
Zdolbuniv
(City)

Demographics

Rivne is one of the regions with the highest birth rate in all of Ukraine. The heavy rural (about two thirds of the population is rural) and ethnic Ukrainian (close to 95%) composition of the population might be responsible for this. However the birth rate is not uniform across Rivne, with raions like Ostroh having extremely low birth rates (9.7 per 1000) and other raions like Rokytnivskyi having extremely high birth rates (24.0 per 1000).[2]

Vital Stats by Raions

Oblast Births Deaths Natural Growth BR DR NGR
Rivne Oblast 17,089 16,245 844 14.8 14.1 0.07%
Rivne 2,906 2,208 698 11.7 8.9 0.28%
Dubno 465 558 -93 12.2 14.7 -0.25%
Kuznetsovsk 654 243 411 16.2 6.0 1.02%
Ostroh 149 184 -35 9.7 11.9 -0.22%
Bereznivskyi 1,288 896 392 20.6 14.3 0.63%
Volodymyretskyi 1,233 844 389 20.3 13.9 0.64%
Hoshchanskyi 428 765 -337 11.8 21.1 -0.93%
Demydivskyi 176 294 -118 11.5 19.2 -0.77%
Dubenskyi 588 856 -268 12.7 18.5 -0.58%
Dubrovytskyi 704 807 -103 14.4 16.5 -0.21%
Zarichnenskyi 587 572 15 16.7 16.3 0.04%
Zdolbunivskyi 742 1,052 -310 13.0 18.4 -0.54%
Koretskyi 481 690 -209 13.5 19.4 -0.59%
Kostopilskyi 957 954 3 15.0 14.9 0.01%
Mlynivskyi 515 750 -235 13.1 19.1 -0.60%
Ostrozkyi 355 517 -162 12.1 17.6 -0.55%
Radyvylivskyi 486 702 -216 12.7 18.3 -0.56%
Rivnenskyi 1,253 1,343 -90 14.2 15.2 -0.10%
Rokytnivskyi 1,267 698 569 24.0 13.2 1.08%
Sarnenskyi 1,855 1,312 543 18.7 13.2 0.55%

Points of interest

The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.

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: Rivne is the center of the Rivnens’ka oblast’ (Rivne 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 Rivne Oblast, Rivnenshchyna.

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