Ternopil Oblast

Ternopil Oblast
Тернопільська область
Ternopilska oblast[1]
Coat of arms of Ternopil Oblast
Nickname(s): 
Тернопілля (Ternopillia), Тернопільщина (Ternopilshchyna), Галичина (Halychyna)
Coordinates: 49°33′21″N 25°35′33″E / 49.55583°N 25.59250°E / 49.55583; 25.59250
Country Ukraine
Administrative centerTernopil
Government
 • Oblast council64 seats
 • ChairpersonViktor Ovcharuk (Petro Poroshenko Bloc)
Area
 • Total13,823 km2 (5,337 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 22nd
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • TotalDecrease 1,021,713
 • RankRanked 21st
GDP
 • Total₴ 82 billion
(€2.120 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 79,412
(€2,057)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
46-49
Area code+380-35
ISO 3166 codeUA-61
Raions3
Cities (total)14
• Regional cities1
Urban-type settlements17
Villages1019
FIPS 10-4UP22
Websitewww.adm.gov.te.ua

Ternopil Oblast (Ukrainian: Терно́пільська о́бласть, romanizedTernopiľśka oblasť), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna (Ukrainian: Терно́пільщина, romanizedTernopiľščyna) or Ternopillia (Ukrainian: Тернопі́лля, romanizedTernopilľa), is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret, a tributary of the Dniester. Population: 1,021,713 (2022 estimate).[2]

One of the natural wonders of the region are its cave complexes.[4] Although Ternopil Oblast is among the smallest regions in Ukraine, over 100 caves have been discovered there.[4] Scientists believe these are only 20% of all possible caves in the region.[4] The biggest cave is Optymistychna Cave.[4] Measuring 267 km (166 mi) in total length, it is the longest cave in Eurasia and the fifth-longest in the world.[4] Twenty percent of the land in the region is chernozem soil.[4]

Among its attractions, Ternopil Oblast has 34 castles.[4] By at least one account, the most prominent is the Zbarazh Castle with fortifications that expand over 16 ha (40 acres) and was the center of a 17th-century standoff between troops of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[4] The Dniester Canyon passes through the oblast; it is considered one of the wonders of Ukraine, stretching for 250 km (160 mi).[4]

  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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2020-10-06. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tell about Ukraine. Ternopil Oblast Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. 24 Kanal (youtube).

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