Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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| Administrative center | Khmelnytskyi | ||||
| Governor | Ivan Hladuniak (?) | ||||
| Oblast council - Chairperson - Council seats |
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| Subdivisions - Raions - Cities of oblast subordinance - Cities -Towns - Villages |
20 4 13 24 1,416 |
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Ranked 19th 20,645 km² ? km² ? km² (?%) |
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| Population - Total (2006) - Density - Annual Growth |
Ranked ? 1,367,892 68/km² ?% |
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| Abbreviations - Postal code - ISO 3166-2 - FIPS 10-4 - Phone code |
29000-31999 UA-68 UP09 +380-38 |
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| Web site | adm-km.gov.ua | ||||
Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельницька область, translit. Khmel’nyts’ka oblast’) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kmelnytskyi.
The current estimated population is around 1,401,140 (as of 2004).
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[edit] Geography
The Khmelnytskyi Oblast is located between 48°27' and 50°37' north latitude and between 26°09' and 27°56' east longitude. It is 220 km long when measured from north to south, and is 120 km in length when measured from east to west. The oblast borders the Rivne Oblast to the northwest, the Zhytomyr Oblast to the northeast, the Vinnytsia Oblast to the east, the Chernivtsi Oblast to the south, and the Ternopil Oblast to the west.
The area of the oblast is 20,600 km², or 3.4% of the total area of Ukraine.
[edit] Elevations
The Podillya highland (270—370 m above sea-level) occupies the central area of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. The northwestern areas of the oblast are part of the Volyn highland (highest point — 329 m above sea-level), while to the north, the oblast claims a part of the historic region of Polissya (highest point — 200—250 m above sea-level). The southwestern territory of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast is crossed by the Tovtry range (Ukrainian: Товтровий кряж, translit. Tovtryi kryazh), which includes Mount Velyka Buhaikha (Ukrainian: Велика Бугаїха), the highest point of oblast at 409 m above sea-level. The extreme south of the oblast has a surface with the canyon-like river valleys. The Dneister Reservoir located there is the lowest point of the oblast (121 m above sea-level) .
[edit] Rivers and Lakes
There are 120 rivers with a length of 10 km or more in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. The largest of these are the Dniester River (which flows for 160 km within the oblast), as well as its tributaries - Smotrych, Ushytsya, and Zbruch - and the Southern Buh River (which flows for 120 km within the oblast), as well as its tributaries - Buzhok, Ikva, and Vovk. The rivers of the Dnieper River's basin - Horyn, Khomora, and Sluch - also run through the oblast. Lakes are located mostly in basin of the Horyn River. The largest reservoir in the oblast is the Dniester Reservoir.
There are 1858 ponds and/or reservoirs in the oblast. The largest of these include Shchedrivs'ke (with a surface area of 12.58 km²), Novostavs'ke (with a surface area of 11.68 km²), and Kuz'myns'ke (with a surface area of 7.65 km²).
[edit] History
Khmelnytskyi Oblast was created on September 22, 1937 as the Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кам’янець-Подільськa область, translit., Kamyanets-Podil'ska oblast’). In March of 1941 the administrative center of the oblast was moved from Kamianets-Podilskyi to the city of Proskuriv (now Khmelnytskyi) [1]. In 1954, Proskuriv was renamed Khmelnutskyi, and the oblast was renamed Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
[edit] Economy
The economy of the oblast mostly deals with the energy industry, transport and agriculture. The oblast is situated at a historical crossroad of the railway and highway routes connecting Central Europe to Black Sea coast and Russia (with city of Shepetivka being the most important railway junction). The "Khmelnyts'ka" nuclear power plant in the city of Netishyn is the most important industrial company of the oblast. Notable machinery, armament and chemical industries are also present.
[edit] Subdivisions
The Khmelnytskyi Oblast is divided into 20 raions and 6 municipalities. There are 13 cities, 24 towns and 1,417 villages in the oblast.
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[edit] Nomenclature
Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Khmelnytskyi is the center of the Khmelnyts’ka oblast’ (Khmelnytskyi Oblast).
- See also: Romanization of Ukrainian
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Subdivisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Bilohirskyi | Chemerovetskyi | Derazhnianskyi | Dunaievetskyi | Horodotskyi | Iziaslavskyi | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasylivskyi | Letychivskyi | Novoushytskyi | Polonskyi | Shepetivskyi | Slavutskyi | Starokostiantynivskyi | Starosyniavskyi | Teofipolskyi | Vinkovetskyi | Volochyskyi | Yarmolynetskyi |
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Cities: Derazhnia | Dunaivtsi | Horodok | Iziaslav | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | Krasyliv | Netishyn | Polonne | Shepetivka | Slavuta | Starokostiantyniv | Volochysk |
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Urban-type settlements: Antoniny | Bazaliya | Bilohirya | Chemerivtsi | Chornyi Ostriv | Hrytsiv | Letychiv | Lozove | Medzhybizh | Narkevychi | Nova Ushytsya | Poninka | Sataniv | Smotrych | Stara Syniava | Stara Ushytsya | Teofipol | Vinkivtsi | Viytivtsi | Vovkovyntsi | Yampil | Yarmolyntsi | Zakupne | more... |
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| Subdivisions of Ukraine: Cherkasy Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Donetsk Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast | Kherson Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Kiev City | Kiev Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | Lviv Oblast | Mykolaiv Oblast | Odessa Oblast | Poltava Oblast | Rivne Oblast | Sevastopol City | Sumy Oblast | Ternopil Oblast | Vinnytsia Oblast | Volyn Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | Zaporizhia Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
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| Administrative centers of subdivision units: Cherkasy | Chernihiv | Chernivtsi | Dnipropetrovsk | Donetsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | Kharkiv | Kherson | Khmelnytskyi | Kiev | Kirovohrad | Luhansk | Lutsk | Lviv | Mykolaiv | Odessa | Poltava | Rivne | Sevastopol | Simferopol | Sumy | Ternopil | Uzhhorod | Vinnytsia | Zaporizhia | Zhytomyr |
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