Kherson oblast
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Kherson Oblast Херсонська область Khersons’ka oblast’ |
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| Nickname(s): Херсонщина (Khersonshchyna) | |||
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| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Administrative center | Kherson | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Andriy Hordeyev (Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity") | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 28,461 km2 (10,989 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 1,063,803 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 22nd | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Area code | +380-55 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | UA-65 | ||
| Vehicle registration | ВT | ||
| Raions | 18 | ||
| Cities (total) | 9 | ||
| • Regional cities | 3 | ||
| Urban-type settlements | 30 | ||
| Villages | 658 | ||
| FIPS 10-4 | UP08 | ||
| Website | www.oda.kherson.ua | ||
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.
Important cities in the oblast include:
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 (within Henichesk Raion) the northern portion of the Arabat Spit, a thin strip of land between the brackish Syvash and the Sea of Azov that is geographically part of the Crimean Peninsula. Due to Russia gaining de facto control of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014 the southern areas of Kherson are the only parts of the Crimean Peninsula under direct Ukrainian control.
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