Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Location o Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровська область, Dnipropetrovs’ka oblast’ or Дніпропетровщина, Dnipropetrovshchyna) is an oblast (province) o central Ukraine, the maist important industrial region o the kintra. Its admeenistrative center is Dnipropetrovsk.

Important ceeties athin the oblast include: Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, Dniprodzerzhynsk, Nikopol

Geography

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is locatit in sootheastren Ukraine. The aurie o the oblast' (31,900 km²), comprises aboot 5.3% o the total aurie o the kintra.

Its langitude frae north tae sooth is 130 km, frae east tae wast – 300 km. The oblast' borders the Poltava an Kharkiv Oblast's on the north, the Donetsk Oblast on the east, the Zaporizhzhia an Kherson Oblast's on the sooth, an the Mykolayiv an Kirovohrad Oblast's on the wast.

Historical steids

The follaein historical-cultural steids wur nominatit tae the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.

• Stane divas (monuments of the Wild Steppes)]]
• Tomb of kosh ataman Sirko
• Troitsk Cathedral
• Kirk o Virgin Mary birth
• the waws o Ukrainian defensive line

Admeenistrative Sudiveesions

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

• Admeenistrative Center – 1 (Dnipropetrovsk)
• Raions — 22;
• Ceety raions — 18;
• Settlements — 1504, includin:
  • Veelages — 1438;
  • Ceeties/Touns — 66, includin:
    • Urban-type settlement — 46;
    • Ceeties — 20, includin:
      • Ceeties o oblast' subordinance — 13;
      • Ceeties o raion subordinance — 8;
• Silradas — 288.

Detailed map o Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Map o the economic activity in the Donbass, includin the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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

Demographics

Its population (as o 2004) is 3,493,062 constitutes 5.3% o the oweraw Ukrainian population.

As o the 2001 census, the ethnic groups athin the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are:

• Ukrainians – 79.3%,
• Roushies – 17.6%,
• Belaroushies – 0.8%,
• Jews – 0.4%,
• Armenies – 0.3%,
• Azeris – 0.2%,
• Moldavians – 0.12%,
• Gypsies – 0.11%,
• Tatars – 0.11%,
• Germans – 0.11%,
• Ither – 0.95%;

the groups bi native leid:

• Ukrainian 67%,
• Roushie 32%,
• ither leids 1 %.

Environment

The oblast' is situatit in the steppe region. Forests in the oblast' occupy aboot 3,9% o the oblast's total territory). The average temperatur in the winter balances frae −−5 tae −7 °C (23 tae 19 °F) an in the simmer 22 tae 23 °C (72 tae 73 °F). The average annual rainfaw is 400–490 mm

The tender climate, mineral sources, an the curative mud allou opportunities for rest an cure athin the region. Here there are 21 health-centers an medicatit pensions, 10 rest hames, recreation depairtments an rest camps for childer.

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast haes splendid flora an fauna. Here, there are mair than 1700 kynds o vegetation, 7500 kynds o animals (includin elk, wild boar, dappled deer, roe, hare, fox, wouf, etc.) There are an aw 114 pairk an natur objects, includin 15 state reserves; 3 natur memorials, 24 local pairks; 7 landscape pairks; 3 pairk tracts, which althegether mak up approximately 260 square kilometres.

217 rivers flow athin the aurie, includin 55 rivers which are langer than 25 km, the major ane being the Dnieper, which crosses through the center o the oblast'. An aw flowin through the region are three major reservoirs, the Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnieper an Kakhovka, an the Dnieper-Kryvyi Rih Canal.

Economy

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast haes a heich industry potential. There are 712 basic industrial organizations, includin 20 different types o economic activity wi aboot 473,4 thoosan wirkers. The aurie an aw produces aboot 16,9% o the total industry production o Ukraine. This places the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast seicont in Ukraine (efter the neighbourin Donetsk Oblast).

Famous fowk frae Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

• Leonid Brezhnev
• Ihor Kolomoyskyi
• Tihon Konstantinov
• Leonid Kuchma
• Yulia Tymoshenko
• Pavlo Lazarenko
• Viktor Pinchuk
• Mikhail Nekrich
• Oksana Baiul
• The Lubavitcher Rebbe

See an aw

• Subdiveesions o Ukraine
• Privat Group

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial steid o Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Admeenistration (in Inglis)(in Ukrainian)
• Unoffeecial informational steid (in Ukrainian)
• Ceety Portal wi forum an ceety photoalbum (in Ukrainian)
• Information Card o the Region – offeecial steid o the Cabinet o Meenisters o Ukraine
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast frae wabsteid Ukraine-CityGuide