Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast Миколаївська область Mykolayivs’ka oblast’
—  Oblast  —
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Eik-name(s): Миколаївщина (Mykolayivschyna)
Location o Mykolaiv Oblast (red) athin Ukraine (blue)
Coordinates: 47.43°N 31.8°E / 47.43; 31.8
Kintra	Ukraine
Admin. centre	Mykolaiv
Govrenment
- Governor	Mykola Kruhlov (Pairty o Regions)
- Oblast cooncil	? seats
- Chairperson	Tetiana Vasylivna Demchenko (Pairty o Regions)
Aurie
- Tot	24,598 km2 (9,497.3 sq mi)
Aurie rank	Ranked 14t
Indwallers (2006)
- Tot	1,217,103
- Rank	Ranked 18t
- Densitie	49.5/km2 (128.2/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Simmer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	54000-56999
Aurie code	+380-51
ISO 3166 code	UA-48
Raions	19
Ceeties o oblast subordinance	5
Ceeties (total)	9
Touns	20
Villages	900
FIPS 10-4	UP16
Wabsteid	www.mykolayiv-oda.gov.ua www.kmu.gov.ua

Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Миколаївська область, translit. Mykolayivs’ka oblast’; referred tae as Mykolayivschyna - Ukrainian: Миколаївщина) an aw, is an oblast (province) o Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Mykolayiv.

Geography

The Mykolaiv Oblast is locatit in the soothren hauf o Ukraine. Its aurie (24,600 km²), comprises aboot 4.07% o the total aurie o Ukraine.

The Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon the Odesa Oblast in the wast-soothwast, the Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, an the Kherson Oblast on the sootheast.

On the sooth the obalst' is bordered bi the Black Sea an aw. On the shoreline, there are several ports an the Mykolaiv Internaitional Airport.

Points o interest

The follaein historic-cultural steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.

• Olbia
• Dykyỹ sad (Wild Garden)

Demographics

The current estimatit population is 1.2 million fowk (as o 2005). The greater pairt o the oblast's population resides in urban type settlements (66%), wi the remainder residin in agricultural auries. An aw, amaist 60% o the urban population resides in Mykolayiv, the industrial, cultural an admeenistrative center o Mykolayiv Oblast.

The oblast's population density is ane o the lawest in Ukraine – 52 fowk per 1 km². The oblast' is rankit 18 bi the percentage o the population o Ukraine, that the Mykolaiv Oblast contain, which is 2.6%.

Admeenistrative diveesions

The Mykolaiv Oblast wis formit in September 1937. It is subdividit intae: 19 raions (admeenistrative districts), an 5 o its ceeties are designatit as separate raions athin the oblast.

The follaein data incorporates the number o each type o admeenistrative diveesions o the Mykolaiv Oblast:

• Admeenistrative Center - 1 (Mykolaiv)
• Raions — 19;
• Ceety raions — 4;
• Settlements — 922, includin:
  • Villages — 896;
  • Ceeties/Touns — 26, includin:
    • Urban-type settlement — 17;
    • Ceeties — 9, includin:
      • Ceeties o oblast' subordinance — 5;
      • Ceeties o raion subordinance — 4;
• Selsovets — 287.

The local admeenistration o the oblast' is controlled bi the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada. The govrenor o the oblast' is the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada speaker, appointit bi the Preses o Ukraine.

Nomenclatur

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter their caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective center ceety: Mykolaiv is the center o the Mykolayivs’ka oblast’ (Mykolaiv Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aw sometimes referred tae in a feminine noun form, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Mykolaiv Oblast, Mykolayivschyna.

See an aw: Romanization o Ukrainian

See an aw

• Subdiveesions o Ukraine
• Kherson Govrenorate

Freemit airtins

• State Administration of Mykolaiv Oblast - official site (Ukrainian)/(Roushie)/(Inglis)
• Information Card of the Region - offeecial steid o the Cabinet o Meenisters o Ukraine