Odessa Oblast
| Odessa Oblast Одеська область Odes’ka oblast’ |
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| Eik-name(s): Одещина (Odeshchyna) | |||||
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| Kintra |  Ukraine |
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| Admin. centre | Odessa | ||||
| Govrenment | |||||
| - Governor | Eduard Matviychuk[1] (Pairty o Regions[1]) | ||||
| - Oblast cooncil | 120 seats | ||||
| - Chairperson | Mykola Leonidovych Skoryk (Pairty o Regions) | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| - Tot | 33,310 km2 (12,861.1 sq mi) | ||||
| Aurie rank | Ranked 1st | ||||
| Indwallers (2008) | |||||
| - Tot | 2,687,543 | ||||
| - Rank | Ranked 6 | ||||
| - Densitie | 80.7/km2 (209/sq mi) | ||||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||||
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Postal code | 65000-68999 | ||||
| Aurie code | +380-48 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | UA-51 | ||||
| Raions | 26 | ||||
| Ceeties o oblast subordinance | 7 | ||||
| Ceeties (total) | 19 | ||||
| Touns | 33 | ||||
| Villages | 1138 | ||||
| FIPS 10-4 | UP17 | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.odessa.gov.ua | ||||
Odessa Oblast, an aa written as Odesa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, translit. Odes’ka oblast’; an aa referred tae as Odeshchyna—Ukrainian: Одещина), (Greek: Οδησσός) is the lairgest an soothmaist oblast (province) o sooth-wastren Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Odessa.
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History[edit]
The evidence o the earliest inhabitants in this aurie comes frae the settlements an burial grunds o the Neolithic Gumelniţa, Cucuteni-Trypillian an Usatovo culturs, as well as tumuli an hoards o the Bronze Age Proto-Indo-Europeans. In the 1st millennium B.C. the Milesian Greeks built colonies alang the North Black Sea Coast, includin the touns o Olbia, Tyras, Niconium, Panticapaeum, an Chersonesus. The Greeks left ahint painted vessels, ceramics, sculpturs, inscriptions, airts an crafts that indicate the prosperity o their auncient ceevilisation.
The cultur o Scythian tribes inhabitin the Black Sea littoral steppes is representit bi fynds frae settlements an burial grunds. There are weapon items, bronze cauldrons, ither utensils, adornments. Bi the beginnin o the 1st millennium A.D. the Sarmatians displaced the Scythians. In the 3rd–4t centuries A.D. the tribal alliance, representit bi the items o Chernyakhov cultur, wis creatit. Syne the middle o the first millennium the formation o Slavic fowk began. In the 9t century they wur unitit intae a state wi Kiev as a centre. The Khazars, Polovtsy, Pechenegs wur the Slavs' neighbours durin the different times. The period o the 9t–14t centuries is reflectit bi the materials frae the settlements an ceeties o Kievan Rus', Belgorod, Caffa-Theodosia, Berezan Island.
Umwhile ruled bi the Ottoman Empire, the territory o the Odessa oblast passed intae Roushie an Soviet haunds in various stages atween the aichteent an 20t centuries. The Roushie Empire's expansion alang the Black Sea coast led tae the creation of the territory o Novorossiya, which wis colonised bi a variety o fowks, o whom the Roushies wur dominant. The Odessa oblast corresponds tae the maist wasterly portion o "New Roushie".
The oblast wis creatit on 27 Februar 1932 as pairt o the Ukrainian SSR. It wis expandit further in 1954 bi absorbin Izmail Oblast (umwhile kent as Budjak region o Bessarabie).
Geografie[edit]
The oblast occupees an aurie o aroond 33,300 square kilometres (12,850 square miles). It is characterised bi lairgely flat steppes dividit bi the estuary o the Dniester river. Its Black Sea coast comprises numerous sandy beaches, estuaries an lagoons. The region's soils are renouned for their fertility, an intensive agricultur is the mainstay o the local economy. The soothwast possesses mony orchards an vineyards, while arable crops are grown throughoot the region.
Points o interest[edit]
Economy[edit]
Significant branches o the oblast's economy are:
- ile refinin & chemicals processin
- transportation (important sea an river ports, ile pipelines an railway);
- viticulture an ither forms o agricultur, notably the growin o wheat, maize, barley, sunflouers an sugar beets.
The region's industrial capability is principally concentratit in an aroond Odessa.
Demografics[edit]
The oblast's population (as o 2004) is 2.4 million fowk, nearly 40% o whom live in the ceety o Odessa.
Significant Romanie (6.2%) an Bulgarie (6.1%) minorities reside in the province.[2] There is a sma Greek community in the ceety o Odessa.
Bulgaries an Moldovans / Romanies represent 21% an 13% respectively, o the population in the region o Budjak, athin Odessa oblast.
Subdiveesions[edit]
The Odessa Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 26 raions (destricts), as well as 7 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Illichivsk, Izmail, Kotovsk, Teplodar, Yuzhne, an the admeenistrative center o the oblast, Odessa.
| In Scots | In Ukrainian | Admeenistrative Centre | |
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| Ananyiv Raion | Ананьївський район Anan'yivs'kyi raion |
Ananyiv (Ceety) |
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| Artsyz Raion | Арцизький район Artsyz'kyi raion |
Artsyz (Ceety) |
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| Balta Raion | Балтський район Balts'kyi raion |
Balta (Ceety) |
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| Berezivka Raion | Березівський район Berezivs'kyi raion |
Berezivka (Ceety) |
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| Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion | Білгород-Дністровський район Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi raion |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ceety) |
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| Biliayivka Raion | Біляївський район Biliayivs'kyi raion |
Biliayivka (Ceety) |
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| Bolhrad Raion | Болградський район Bolhrads'kyi raion |
Bolhrad (Ceety) |
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| Frunzivka Raion | Фрунзівський район Frunzivs'kyi raion |
Frunzivka (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Ivanivka Raion | Іванівський район Ivanivs'kyi raion |
Ivanivka (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Izmail Raion | Ізмаїльський район Izmails'kyi raion |
Izmail (Ceety) |
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| Kilia Raion | Кілійський район Kiliys'kyi raion |
Kilia (Ceety) |
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| Kodyma Raion | Кодимський район Kodyms'kyi raion |
Kodyma (Ceety) |
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| Kominternivske Raion | Комінтернівський район Kominternivs'kyi raion |
Kominternivske (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Kotovsk Raion | Котовський район Kotovs'kyi raion |
Kotovsk (Ceety) |
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| Krasni Okny Raion | Красноокнянський район Krasno-oknians'kyi raion |
Krasni Okny (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Liubashivka Raion | Любашівський район Liubashivs'kyi raion |
Liubashivka (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Mykolaiv Raion | Миколаївський район Mykolayivs'kyi raion |
Mykolaivka (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Ovidiopol Raion | Овідіопольський район Ovidiopols'kyi raion |
Ovidiopol (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Reni Raion | Ренійський район Reniys'kyi raion |
Reni (Ceety) |
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| Rozdilna Raion | Роздільнянський район Rozdil'nians'kyi raion |
Rozdilna (Ceety) |
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| Sarata Raion | Саратський район Sarats'kyi raion |
Sarata (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Savran Raion | Савранський район Savrans'kyi raion |
Savran (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Shyriaieve Raion | Ширяївський район Shyriayivs'kyi raion |
Shyriaieve (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Tarutyne Raion | Тарутинський район Tarutyns'kyi raion |
Tarutyne (Urban-type settlement) |
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| Tatarbunary Raion | Татарбунарський район Tatarbunars'kyi raion |
Tatarbunary (Ceety) |
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| Velyka Mykhailivka Raion | Великомихайлівський район Velykomykhailivs'kyi raion |
Velyka Mykhailivka (Urban-type settlement) |
Nomenclatur[edit]
Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are named 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, formed bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective center ceety: Odessa is the center o the Odes’ka oblast’ (Odessa Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aa 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 Odessa Oblast, Odeshchyna.
See an aa[edit]
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Coordinates: 47°00′N 30°00′E / 47°N 30°E
