Template:Infobox Ukrainian oblast Kherson Oblast (Ukrainian: Херсонська область, translit. Khersons’ka oblast’; also referred to as Khersonshchyna – Ukrainian: Херсонщина) is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 28,461 km², its population (as of 1 January 2012) is 1,083,367.[1]
Important cities in the oblast include:
- Kherson (capital)
- Kakhovka
- Nova Kakhovka
Geography
The Kherson Oblast is bordered by the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the north, the Black Sea and the disputed region of Crimea on the south, the Mykolayiv Oblast on the west, and the Azov Sea and the Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the east.
The Dnieper River runs through the oblast which includes the Kakhovka Reservoir.
The oblast includes the upper portion of the Arabat Spit, a thin strip of land between the brackish Syvash and the Sea of Azov that is geographically part of Crimea.
Administrative Divisions
The Kherson Oblast is administratively subdivided into 18 raions (districts) and 3 municipalities which are directly subordinate to the oblast government - 2 mis'krada (Kherson, the administrative center of the oblast, and Nova Kakhovka); and 1 misto (Kakhovka.
Name | Ukrainian Name | Area (km2) |
Population Census 2001 |
Population Estimate[2] 1 Jan 2012 |
Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kherson (city) * | (Міськрада) | 423 | 367,188 | 388,685 | Kherson |
Nova Kakhovka (city) | (Міськрада) | 223 | 74,599 | 69,541 | Nova Kakhovka |
Kakhovka (city) | (місто) | 31 | 38,238 | 37,379 | - |
Beryslavsky Raion | кий (район) | 1,721 | 55,915 | 49,215 | Beryslav |
Bilozersky Raion | кий (район) | 1,534 | 68,382 | 67,211 | Bilozerske |
Henichesky Raion | кий (район) | 3,008 | 66,291 | 61,352 | Henichesk |
At a lower level of administration, the 21 administrations are sub-divided into:
- Settlements – 697, including:
- Villages – 658;
- Cities/Towns – 36, including:
- Urban-type settlement – 30;
- Cities of raion subordinance – 6;
- Selsovets – 260.
The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
Demographics
The population of the oblast is 1,083,367 (2012), which is 2.4% of the total population of Ukraine. It is also ranked 21st by its population. The population density is 38 per km².
About 61.5% or 745,400 people live in urban areas of the Oblast and 38.5% or 467,600 people live in agricultural centers/villages. Men make up 46.7% or 565,400 people of the population, women make up 53.3% or 644,600 people, and pensioners make up 26.2% or 317,400 people of the Oblast population.
Ukrainian National Census (2001):
- Ukrainians – 82.0%
- Russians – 14.1%
- Belarusians – 0.7%
- Crimean Tatars – 0.5%
- Others – 2.7%
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 15.1% (male 83,397/female 79,303)
- 15-64 years: 70.5% (male 364,907/female 393,933)
- 65 years and over: 14.4% (male 50,404/female 104,856) (2013 official)
Median age
- total: 39.5 years
- male: 36.2 years
- female: 42.7 years (2013 official)
Attractions
- Askania-Nova
- Legendary tachanka monument
- Kurhan cemetery
- Shovkunek Art museum
- Saint-Yekaterynian Temple
See also
References
External links
- Portal of Kherson
- Site of Kherson nationalists
- State Administration of Kherson Region – official site Template:Uk icon
- Information Card of the Region – official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine