Odessa oblast
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Одесская/Одеська область Odesskaya/Odes’ka oblast’ |
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| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Administrative center | Odessa | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Maksym Stepanov | ||
| • Oblast council | 120 seats | ||
| • Chairperson | Mykhailo Shmushkovych | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 33,310 km2 (12,860 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 1st | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
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 2,396,442 |
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| • Rank | Ranked 6 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 65000-68999 | ||
| Area code | +380-48 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | UA-51 | ||
| Raions | 26 | ||
| Cities (total) | 19 | ||
| • Regional cities | 7 | ||
| Urban-type settlements | 33 | ||
| Villages | 1138 | ||
| FIPS 10-4 | UP17 | ||
| Website | www.odessa.gov.ua | ||
Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, Odes’ka oblast’, Russian: Одесская область, Odesskaya oblast’) is an oblast or province of southwestern Ukraine located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative center is the city of Odessa. Population: 2,396,442 (2015 est.)
The region is the biggest in Ukraine by area making it as big as either Belgium or the Netherlands. The length of sea and estuaries coast reaches 300 km (190 mi), while the state border – 1,200 km (750 mi). The region has eight sea ports, over 80,000 ha (200,000 acres) of vineyards, and five of the biggest lakes in Ukraine. One of the biggest one is Yalpuh Lake which is as big as the city of Odessa itself.
Its administrative center Odessa is the third biggest city in Ukraine and known in Ukraine as the Black Sea Pearl or the Southern Palmyra. The cities of Odessa was the first city in Ukraine that saw a car with the internal combustion engine that was brought to the city back in 1891 by Vasiliy Navrotskiy, the chief editor of . The cobblestone on vulytsia Deribasivska was made out the Vesuvius volcano lava and was brought to Odessa from his native Naples by the founder of Odessa Jose de Ribas. Under that street stretch out the Odessa catacombs, the area of which is bigger than catacombs of Paris or Rome.
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