Kharkiv region
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Kharkiv Oblast Харківська область Kharkivs’ka oblast’ |
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| Oblast | |||
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| Nickname(s): Харківщина (Kharkivshchyna) | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°35′N 36°26′E / 49.59°N 36.43°ECoordinates: 49°35′N 36°26′E / 49.59°N 36.43°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Administrative center | Kharkiv | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Yuliya Svitlychna (Petro Poroshenko Bloc) | ||
| • Oblast council | ? seats | ||
| • Chairperson | Serhij Chernov (Independent) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 31,415 km2 (12,129 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 4th | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total |
 2,701,188 |
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| • Rank | Ranked 3rd | ||
| Demographics | |||
| • Official language(s) | Ukrainian | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | ? | ||
| Area code | +380-57 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | UA-63 | ||
| Vehicle registration | AX | ||
| Raions | 27 | ||
| Cities (total) | 17 | ||
| • Regional cities | 7 | ||
| Urban-type settlements | 61 | ||
| Villages | 1683 | ||
| FIPS 10-4 | UP07 | ||
| Website | www.kharkivoda.gov.ua | ||
Kharkiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Харківська область, translit. Charkivśka oblastj; also referred to as Kharkivshchyna – Ukrainian: Харківщина, Charkivščyna) is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the south-east, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the south-west, Poltava Oblast to the west and Sumy Oblast to the north-west. The area of the oblast is 31,400 km², corresponding to 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine. Population: 2,701, 188 (2017 est.)
The oblast is the third most populous province of Ukraine, with a population of 2,857,751 in 2004, more than half (1.5 million) of whom live in the city of Kharkiv, the oblast's administrative center. While the Russian language is primarily spoken in the cities of Kharkiv oblast, elsewhere in the oblast most inhabitants speak Ukrainian.
During the Soviet administrative reform of 1923–1929, in 1925, the Kharkov Governorate was abolished leaving its five okruhas: Okhtyrka (originally Bohodukhiv), Izyum, Kupyansk, Sumy, and Kharkiv. Introduced in the Soviet Union in 1923, a similar subdivisions existed in Ukraine back in 1918. In 1930 all okruhas were also abolished with raions becoming the first level of subdivision of Ukraine until 1932.
The modern Kharkiv was established on 27 February 1932. In summer of 1932, some parts of the oblast were included in the newly created Donetsk Oblast originally centered in Artemivsk (later in Stalino). Then in the fall, some territories of the Kharkiv Oblast were used in creation of Chernihiv Oblast. More territories became part of Poltava Oblast in fall of 1937 and Sumy Oblast in winter of 1939.
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