.ua
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| Introduced | December 1, 1992 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Hostmaster Ltd. |
| Sponsor | Communication Systems |
| Intended use |
Entities connected with  Ukraine |
| Actual use | Popular in Ukraine |
| Structure | Registrations have been at third level beneath second-level labels (generic and geographic), but there appear to be some direct second-level registrations for trademark holders |
| Documents | Policy documents |
| Website | .ua NIC |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
.ua is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ukraine.
History
- December 1, 1992 - Registered in root zone
- April 13, 2012 - DNSSEC enabled in root zone
2nd level domains
To remove the risk of cyber squatting, registration of second-level domains directly below .ua is restricted to owners of registered trade marks, who may register a domain name similar to that of the trade mark in question. However you can register third-level domains beneath some of the following:
- com.ua - paid, commercial organisations, one of the most popular
- edu.ua - free, available only to proved educational organisations.
- gov.ua - free, available only to governmental organisations
- net.ua - paid, network service providers
- in.ua - paid, domains for individuals
- at.ua - paid, domains for individuals
- pp.ua - free, domains for individuals
- org.ua - paid, other organisations (non-commercial), individuals
There are also second-level domains which are region-specific. These are less popular than the above list (making domain names more available) but they are sometimes restricted to organisations exclusively from within the region.
- cherkassy.ua (also: ck.ua) - Cherkasy Oblast
- chernigov.ua (cn.ua) - Chernihiv Oblast
- chernovtsy.ua (cv.ua) - Chernivtsi Oblast
- crimea.ua - Crimea
- dnepropetrovsk.ua (dp.ua) - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- donetsk.ua (dn.ua) - Donetsk Oblast
- ivano-frankivsk.ua (if.ua) - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- kharkov.ua (kh.ua) - Kharkiv Oblast
- kherson.ua (ks.ua) - Kherson Oblast
- khmelnitskiy.ua (km.ua) - Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- kiev.ua - Kiev
- kirovograd.ua (kr.ua) - Kirovohrad Oblast
- lugansk.ua (lg.ua) - Luhansk Oblast
- lutsk.ua (lt.ua) - Lutsk
- lviv.ua - Lviv Oblast
- nikolaev.ua (mk.ua) - Mykolaiv
- odessa.ua (od.ua) - Odessa Oblast
- poltava.ua (pl.ua) - Poltava Oblast
- rovno.ua (rv.ua) - Rivne Oblast
- sebastopol.ua - Sevastopol
- yalta.ua - Yalta
- sumy.ua - Sumy Oblast
- ternopil.ua (te.ua) - Ternopil Oblast
- uzhgorod.ua (uz.ua) - Uzhhorod
- vinnica.ua (vn.ua) - Vinnytsia Oblast
- zaporizhzhe.ua (zp.ua) - Zaporizhia Oblast
- zhitomir.ua (zt.ua) - Zhytomyr Oblast
See also
- .укр, a second top domain for Ukraine, active from 2013, which has domains with Cyrillic characters.
External links
- IANA .ua whois information
- Official site of domain .ua
- Official site of .ua registry
- Statistic of domain names usage
- Ukrainian Domains Statistics and Information