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Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Івано-Франківська область
Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Івано-Франківщина (Ivano-Frankivshchyna); Prykarpattia
Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine.svg
Country  Ukraine
Established December 4, 1939 (as "Stanislav Oblast")
Administrative center Ivano-Frankivsk
Largest cities Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kolomyia
Government
 • Governor Oleh Honcharuk (Batkivshchyna)
 • Oblast council 114 (120) seats
 • Chairperson Vasyl' Skrypnychuk (Svoboda)
Area
 • Total 13,900 km2 (5,400 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 22nd
Population (October 2008)
 • Total 1,381,700
 • Rank Ranked 13th
 • Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Official language(s) Ukrainian
 • Average salary UAH 889 (2006)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 88-90xxx
Area code +380-34
ISO 3166 code UA-26
Vehicle registration AT
Raions 14
Cities (total) 15
• Regional cities 5
Urban-type settlements 24
Villages 477
FIPS 10-4 UP06
Website www.if.gov.ua
www.rada.gov.ua
Largest settlements in the region
# City Population
1 Ivano-Frankivsk 215,288 (2001)
2 Kalush 67,887 (2001)
3 Kolomyia 61,448 (2001)
4 Dolyna 20,696 (2001)
5 Nadvirna 20,620 (2001)
6 Burshtyn 15,182 (2001)
7 Perehinske 12,272 (2001)
8 Bolekhiv 10,590 (2001)
9 Sniatyn 10,210 (2001)

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Івано-Франківська область, translit. Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’; also referred to as PrykarpattiaUkrainian: Прикарпаття or formerly as Stanislavshchyna or StanislavivshchynaUkrainian: Станіславщина or Станиславівщина) is an oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer, nationalist and socialist Ivan Franko on November 9, 1962. Population: 1,382,352 (2016 est.).

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is also known to Ukrainians by a deep-rooted alternative name: Prykarpattia (although some sources may also consider the southern Lviv Oblast including such cities as Stryi, Truskavets, and Drohobych, as also part of Prykarpattia). Prykarpattia, together with Lviv and Ternopil regions, was the main body of the historic region of eastern Halychyna; which in the 13th century was a part of the Kingdom of Rus and the Halych-Volyn Principality (see Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia). Along with the Lviv and Ternopil regions Prykarpattia is a component of the Carpathian Euroregion.


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