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Kirovograd Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast
Кіровоградська область
Kirovohrads’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Kirovohrad Oblast
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Кіровоградщина (Kirovohradschyna)
Kirovohrad in Ukraine.svg
Coordinates: 48°28′N 32°16′E / 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27Coordinates: 48°28′N 32°16′E / 48.46°N 32.27°E / 48.46; 32.27
Country  Ukraine
Administrative center Kropyvnytskyi
Government
 • Governor Serhiy Kuzmenko (Ind.)
 • Chairperson Oleksandr Chornoivanenko (Batkivshchyna)
Area
 • Total 24,588 km2 (9,493 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 15th
Population (2013)
 • Total 995,171
 • Rank Ranked 25th
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 25000-27999
Area code +380-52
ISO 3166 code UA-35
Vehicle registration ВA
Raions 21
Cities (total) 12
• Regional cities 4
Urban-type settlements 26
Villages 1015
FIPS 10-4 UP10
Website kr-admin.gov.ua

Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; also referred to as Kirovohradschyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi, formerly known as Kirovograd. Population: 995,171 (2013 est.).

The area of the province is 24,600 km2 (9,498.11 sq mi).

The city of Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine.

The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939 out of the northern raions of Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1954 the oblast lost some raions to the newly created Cherkasy Oblast, but later that year received its western raions from the Odessa Oblast.

The following sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine:

The Kirovohrad Oblast is administratively subdivided into 21 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, and the administrative center of the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.

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: Kirovohrad is the center of the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.


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