Rivne Oblast
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Rivne Oblast Рівненська область Rivnens’ka oblast’ |
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| Oblast | |||
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| Nickname(s): Рівненщина (Rivnenshchyna) | |||
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| Coordinates: 50°44′N 26°21′E / 50.74°N 26.35°ECoordinates: 50°44′N 26°21′E / 50.74°N 26.35°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Administrative center | Rivne | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Vitalij Chuhunnikov | ||
| • Oblast council | 80 seats | ||
| • Chairperson | Mykhailo Kyryllov | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 20,047 km2 (7,740 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 22nd | ||
| Population (September 1, 2013) | |||
| • Total |
 1,158,295 |
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| • Rank | Ranked 20th | ||
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| • Average salary | UAH 846 (2006) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 33xxx-35xxx | ||
| Area code | +380-36 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | UA-56 | ||
| Raions | 16 | ||
| Cities (total) | 11 | ||
| • Regional cities | 4 | ||
| Urban-type settlements | 16 | ||
| Villages | 1003 | ||
| FIPS 10-4 | UP19 | ||
| Website | www.rv.gov.ua | ||
Rivne Oblast (Ukrainian: Рівненська область, translit. Rivnenska oblast, Polish: Obwód rówieński) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.2 million. Previously part of the Second Republic of Poland's Wojewódstwo Wołyńskie, the Rivne Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939 after the Soviet invasion and occupation of eastern Poland on 17 September 1939.
Before 1992, under the policy of Russification, the region was officially known under its Russian name of Rovno Oblast. In the mass media it is often referred as Rivnenshchyna - Ukrainian: Рівненщина.
The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the oblast, near the city of Varash.
The region is located almost in the middle of the historical region of Volhynia which is indicated on its coat of arms with a white cross on a red background. Volhynia was completely parted after the incorporation of the east Poland into the Soviet Union in September 1939 and divided between three oblast, Volyn, Rivne, and Ternopil.
Detailed map of Rivne Oblast
Subdivisions of Rivne Oblast
The Rivne Oblast is administratively subdivided into 16 raions (districts) as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Dubno, Varash, Ostroh, and the administrative center of the oblast, Rivne.
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