Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Дніпропетровська область
Dnipropetrovska oblast[1]
View of Dnipro
View of Dnipro
Coat of arms of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Nickname(s): 
Дніпропетровщина (Dnipropetrovshchyna), Січеславщина (Sicheslavshchyna)
Coordinates: 48°23′N 34°43′E / 48.39°N 34.71°E / 48.39; 34.71
Country Ukraine
Established27 February 1932
Administrative centerDnipro
Largest citiesDnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, Nikopol
Government
 • GovernorSerhiy Lysak[2]
 • Oblast council120 seats
 • ChairpersonMykola Lukashuk[3]
Area
 • Total31,974 km2 (12,345 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 2nd
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • TotalDecrease 3,096,485
Demographics
 • Official language(s)Ukrainian
GDP
 • Total₴ 582 billion
(€15.088 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 186,697
(€4,837)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
49-53xxx
Area code+380-56
ISO 3166 codeUA-12
Vehicle registrationAE
Raions22
Cities (total)20
• Regional cities18
Urban-type settlements46
Villages1369
FIPS 10-4UP04
Website

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровська область, romanizedDnipropetrovska oblast, informally also Дніпропетровщина, Dnipropetrovshchyna), is an oblast (province) in southeastern Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has a population of about 3,096,485 (2022 estimate),[4] approximately 80% of whom live centering on administrative centers: Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, Nikopol and Pavlohrad. The Dnieper River runs through the oblast.

In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine approved the change of the oblast's name to Sicheslav Oblast (Ukrainian: Січеславська область, romanized: Sicheslavska oblast).[6] The change is not yet implemented.

  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 – via United Nations Statistics Division.
  2. ^ Zelenskyy appoints three chairmen of Oblast Military Administrations, Ukrainska Pravda (7 February 2023)
  3. ^ Дніпропетровську облраду очолив земляк Зеленського [The Dnipropetrovsk regional council was headed by Zelensky's compatriot]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 16 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
  6. ^ "Legal news in Ukraine: Constitutional Court approved renaming of Dnipropetrovsk region, notaries require salary increase, a note of Ukraine to Russia, treaty on friendship with Russia has been expired". Українське право - інформаційно-правовий портал. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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