Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast (,
translit. ''Khersons'ka oblast
; also referred to as Khersonshchyna
- ') is an
oblast (province) in southern
Ukraine, just north of
Crimea. Its
administrative center is
Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population (as of
2004-
05-01) is 1.4 million.
Important cities in the oblast include:
*
Kherson (capital)
*
Kakhovka*
Nova KakhovkaThe Kherson Oblast is bordered by the
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the north, the
Black Sea and the
Crimea on the south, the
Mykolayiv Oblast on the west, and the
Azov Sea and the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the east.
The
Dnieper River runs through the oblast which includes the
Kakhovka Reservoir.
The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Kherson Oblast:
* Administrative Center - 1 (
Kherson)
*
Raions â€" 18;
* City raions â€" 3;
* Settlements â€" 697, including:
**
Villages â€" 658;
** Cities/Towns â€" 39, including:
***
Urban-type settlement â€" 30;
*** Cities â€" 9, including:
**** Cities of oblast' subordinance â€" 3;
**** Cities of raion subordinance â€" 6;
*
Selsovets â€" 260.
The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governer of the oblast' is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the
President of Ukraine.
 |
State Administration of Kherson Oblast |
The population of the oblast is 1,367,685 (2004), which 2.4% of the total population of Ukraine. It is also ranked 21
st by its population. The population density is 43 p/km²
About 61.5% or 745,400 people live in urban areas of the oblast and 38.5% or 467,600 people live in agricultural centers/villages. Men make up 46.7% or 565,400 people of the population, women make up 53.3% or 644,600 people, and
pensioners make up 26.2% or 317,400 people of the oblast polulation.
Ukrainian National Census (2001):*
Ukrainians â€" 82,0%
*
Russians â€" 14,1%
*
Belarussians â€" 0,7%
*
Crimean Tatars â€" 0,5%
*Others â€" 2,7%
*
Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
*
State Administration of Kherson Region - official site
