Rivne Oblast

Rivne Oblast Рівненська область Rivnens’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Рівненщина (Rivnenshchyna)
Coordinates: 50°44′N 26°21′E / 50.74°N 26.35°E / 50.74; 26.35Coordinates: 50°44′N 26°21′E / 50.74°N 26.35°E / 50.74; 26.35
Country	Ukraine
Administrative center	Rivne
Government
• Oblast council	80 seats
• Chairperson	Oleksandr Yuriyovych Danil'chuk (All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland)
Area
• Total	20,047 km2 (7,740 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 22nd
Population (September 1, 2013[1])
• Total	1,158,295
• Rank	Ranked 20th
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 (total) — Regional cities	11 4
Urban-type settlements	16
Villages	1003
FIPS 10-4	UP19
Website	www.rv.gov.ua

Rivne Oblast (Ukrainian: Рівненська область, translit. Rivnenska oblast, Polish: Obwód rówieński) 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.

Before 1992, under the policy of Russification, the region was officially known under its Russian name of Rovno Oblast. In the mass media it is often referred as Rivnenshchyna - Ukrainian: Рівненщина.

The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the oblast, near the city of Kuznetsovsk.

Geography

The region is located almost in the middle of the historical region of Volhynia which is indicated on its coat of arms with a white cross on a red background. Volhynia was completely parted after the incorporation of the east Poland into the Soviet Union in September of 1939 and divided between three oblast, Volyn, Rivne, and Ternopil.

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  Detailed map of Rivne Oblast

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  Subdivisions of Rivne Oblast

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.

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 (2008)

According to statistics the population of Rivne Oblast Central Office at 1 January 2013 is 1,156,900 people.

In 2012, it increased by 2612 people. This was due to natural increase 4014 people at the same time reduce the migration of the population -1,402 people.

Compared to 2011, the volume of natural growth increased by 485 people. Natural movement of the population in 2012 was characterized by an increase in fertility and mortality, compared to 2011. In 2012, the number of births in the region was 619 more than in 2011.

Fertility in rural areas is higher than in urban areas (18 per cent against 13.5 per cent). total fertility rate rate for 2012 was 15.9 (Either the highest Ukraine).

Compared to 2011, the mortality rate in 2012 rose from 12.3 to 12.4 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants. The mortality rate in rural areas is 1.6 pa za higher than in urban areas.

Age structure

0-14 years: 19.7% (male 116,507/female 110,834)

15-64 years: 68.2% (male 385,381/female 402,566)

65 years and over: 12.1% (male 45,796/female 94,724) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 35.2 years

male: 32.8 years

female: 37.5 years (2013 official)

Points of interest

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

• Ostroh Castle
• Troitsk monastery (Korec)
• Dubno Castle

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.

See also

• Subdivisions of Ukraine
• - Web-site of Rivne

References

	Belarus Brest Region	Belarus Brest Region	Belarus Brest Region
	Volyn Oblast		Zhytomyr Oblast
	Rivne
	Lviv Oblast	Ternopil Oblast / Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast / Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Administrative divisions of Rivne Oblast Administrative center: Rivne Raions Berezne Demydivka Dubno Dubrovytsia Hoshcha Korets Kostopil Mlyniv Ostroh Radyvyliv Rivne Rokytne Sarny Volodymyrets Zarichne Zdolbuniv Cities Regional Dubno Kuznetsovsk Ostroh Rivne District Berezne Dubrovytsia Korets Kostopil Radyvyliv Sarny Zdolbuniv Urban-type settlements Category:Rivne Oblast

Administrative divisions of Ukraine Capital: Kiev Oblasts Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kiev Kirovohrad Luhansk Lviv Mykolaiv Odessa Poltava Rivne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Volyn Zakarpattia Zaporizhia Zhytomyr Cities with special status Kiev Sevastopol1 Autonomous republic Crimea1 Administrative centers 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 1Claimed and controlled by Russia as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol