Sumy Oblast

Sumy Oblast
Сумська область
Sumska oblast[1]
Coat of arms of Sumy Oblast
Nickname: 
Сумщина (Sumshchyna)
Country Ukraine
Administrative centerSumy
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Artyukh
 • Oblast council64[2] seats
 • ChairpersonVolodymyr Tokar
Area
 • Total23,834 km2 (9,202 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 16th
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • TotalDecrease 1,035,772
 • RankRanked 19th
GDP
 • Total₴ 105 billion
(€2.726 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 100,760
(€2,609)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
Area code+380-54
ISO 3166 codeUA-59
Raions18
Cities (total)15
• Regional cities7
Urban-type settlements20
Villages1492
FIPS 10-4UP21
Websitesorada.gov.ua

Sumy Oblast (Ukrainian: Сумська область, romanizedSumska oblast), also known as Sumshchyna (Сумщина), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its most recent form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

The estimated population is 1,035,772 (2022 estimate).[3]

The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy. Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka. The modern region combines territories of the historical Severia (northern part) and Sloboda Ukraine (southern part). On territory of the Sumy Oblast important centers of Ukrainian culture are located, such as the city of Hlukhiv which served as a hetman residence during the Cossack Hetmanate as well as the cities of Okhtyrka and Sumy which were regional centers of the Sloboda Ukraine.

The oblast has a heavy mix of agriculture and industry, with over 600 industrial locations. Among the most notable was the Soviet film stock manufacturer Svema in Shostka. Importantly, seven rivers pass through the oblast.

  1. ^ Syvak, Nina; Ponomarenko, Valerii; Khodzinska, Olha; Lakeichuk, Iryna (2011). Veklych, Lesia (ed.). Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use (PDF). scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Kyiv: DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. p. 20. ISBN 978-966-475-839-7. Retrieved 6 October 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) List of members of the Sumy Regional Council of the Sixth Convocation Archived 1 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Official website Sumy Parliament
  3. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".

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