Kirovohrad Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast Кіровоградська область Kirovohrads’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Кіровоградщина (Kirovohradschyna)
Coordinates: 48°28′N 32°16′E / 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27Coordinates: 48°28′N 32°16′E / 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27
Country	Ukraine
Administrative center	Kropyvnytskyi
Government
• Governor	Serhiy Kuzmenko (Ind.)
• Chairperson	Oleksandr Chornoivanenko (Batkivshchyna)
Area
• Total	24,588 km2 (9,493 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 15th
Population (2013)
• Total	995,171
• Rank	Ranked 25th
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	25000-27999
Area code	+380-52
ISO 3166 code	UA-35
Vehicle registration	ВA
Raions	21
Cities (total)	12
• Regional cities	4
Urban-type settlements	26
Villages	1015
FIPS 10-4	UP10
Website	kr-admin.gov.ua

Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradschyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi, formerly known as Kirovograd. Population: 995,171 (2013 est.)^[1].

Geography

The area of the province is 24,600 km² (9,498.11 sq mi).

The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

History

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939 out of the northern raions of Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1954 the oblast lost some raions to the newly created Cherkasy Oblast, but later that year received its western raions from the Odessa Oblast.

Points of interest

The following sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine:

• Khutir Nadia
• Saint Elizabeth fortress
• Oblast art museum

Administrative divisions

The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.

Note: Asterisks (*) Though the administrative center of the rayon is housed in the city/town that its named after, cities do not answer to the rayon authorities only towns do; instead they are directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore are not counted as part of rayon statistics.

Demographics

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.3% (male 72,646/female 68,970)

15-64 years: 68.7% (male 324,698/female 355,058)

65 years and over: 17.0% (male 55,718/female 111,666) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 41.2 years

male: 37.7 years

female: 44.5 years (2013 official)

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: Kirovohrad is the center of the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad 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 Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Ukraine

References

External links

• "Main". Official web-site of the Kirovohrad Oblast State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 April 2014.