City of regional significance (Ukraine)

See also: Populated places in Ukraine and List of cities in Ukraine

A city of regional significance (Ukrainian: місто обласного значення, romanized: misto oblasnoho znachennia) in Ukraine was a type of second-level administrative division or municipality, the other type being raions (districts). In the first-level division of oblasts, they were referred to as cities of oblast significance; in the first-level autonomous republic of Crimea, they were cities of republican significance. The designation was created with the introduction of oblasts in 1932. It was abolished in a 2020 reform that merged raions together and integrated the city municipalities into them.

Cities of regional significance
The cities are marked with Latin alphabet lettering.
Category	Second-level subdivision
Location	Ukraine
Created	1932
Abolished	2020
Number	182 (as of 2015)
Government	City council
Subdivisions	Urban districts Councils (municipalities)

Such city municipality was complex and usually combined the city proper and adjacent populated places. The city of regional (oblast) significance was governed by a city council known as mis'krada, which was chaired by a mayor. There were instances where a municipality might have included only the city alone (city proper), while in others instances a municipality might have consisted of its own subdivisions such as districts in city, similarly to the cities with special status or even other cities which carried the designation of cities of district significance.

Definition

Each region had at least one city of regional significance as its administrative center. A city was usually granted the status for being an economic and cultural center that has a developed industry, utilities, a considerable amount of state provided housing, and a population of over 50,000, and if for further economic and social development of a city it was appropriate to establish a direct management by regional organizations.

In some cases, a city with a population of less than 50,000 could be a city of regional significance if it had industrial, social-cultural, and historical significance, or a propensity for further economical and social development and population increase. These exceptions were usually granted on a decision of the Verkhovna Rada (the Supreme Council of Ukraine).

The city could be divided into districts at the city's authorities' discretion. Along with the raions of a region, the cities of regional significance are the second level of administrative-territorial division of Ukraine. Beside having districts, the city can be divided into various municipal councils (rada, often considered its extended metropolitan area and suburbs) such as smaller city councils, town councils, or rural councils. A city of regional significance can simply be composed of one settlement itself.

In 2012, there were 178 cities of regional significance across the different regions of Ukraine, ranging from the Donetsk Region, which has the highest number of cities at 28. On average there are seven cities in each oblast or Crimea.

List of cities by oblast

Population statistics are from the 2001 Ukrainian Census. An asterisk (*) indicates cities that have district division.

  small city category

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

#	Name	Year	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban	Rural
a	Alushta	1964	600	53,727	90	2	24
b	Armiansk	1993	162	26,187	162	1	3
c	Krasnoperekopsk	1976	22	31,023	1,410	1
d	Dzhankoi	1963	26	43,343	1,667	1
e	Yevpatoria	19??	65	120,638	1,856	4
f	Kerch	19??	108	157,007	1,454	1
g	Saky	1979	29	29,416	1,014	1
h	Simferopol*	19??	107	363,597	3,398	5	1
i	Sudak	19??	539	28,319	53	2	14
j	Feodosia	19??	350	108,571	310	6	11
k	Yalta	19??	283	144,434	510	23	9

Cherkasy Oblast

#	Name	Year	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban	Rural
a	Vatutine	1992	11	20,971	1,906	1	1
b	Zolotonosha	1992	45	29,925	665	1	3
c	Kaniv	19??	17	26,657	1,568	?	?
d	Smila	19??	40	69,720	1,743	1	1
e	Uman	19??	41	88,735	2,164	?	?
f	Cherkasy*	19??	78	296,191	3,797	1	1

Chernihiv Oblast

#	Name	Year	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban	Rural
a	Nizhyn	19??	43	76,625	1,782	?	?
b	Pryluky	19??	40	64,861	1,622	?	?
c	Chernihiv*	19??	71	304,994	4,296	?	?
d	Novhorod-Siverskyi	????	11.81	15,175	1,285	?	?

Chernivtsi Oblast

#	Name	Year	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban	Rural
a	Novodnistrovsk	2000	3	10,342	3,447	?	?
b	Chernivtsi*	19??	153	240,621	1,573	?	?

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

#	Name	Year	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban	Rural
a	Vilnohirsk	1990	10	23,782	2,378	?	?
b	Kamianske*	193?	150	262,704	1,751	2	1
c	Dnipro*	19??	397	1,080,846	2,723	2	0
d	Zhovti Vody	1957	34	54,370	1,599	1	1
e	Kryvyi Rih*	19??	422	712,507	1,688	1	5
f	Marhanets	19??	36	50,591	1,405	2	1
g	Nikopol	1937	50	136,280	2,726	?	?
h	Novomoskovsk	19??	36	72,439	2,012	?	?
i	Pokrov	19??	26	46,532	1,790	3	0
j	Pavlohrad	19??	59	118,816	2,014	?	?
k	Pershotravensk	1989	3	29,140	9,713	?	?
l	Synelnykove	1979	23	32,302	1,404	?	?
m	Ternivka	1990	18	29,253	1,625	1	1

Donetsk Oblast

#	Name	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population	Density	No. of settlements
						Urban ! width=10%|Rural
a	Avdiivka	Авдіївка	29	37,210	1,283
b	Bakhmut	Бахмут	74	113,360	1,532
c	Vuhledar	Вугледар	5	17,440	3,488
d	Horlivka	Горлівка	422	314,660	746
e	Debaltseve	Дебальцеве	38	52,214	1,374
f	Toretsk	Торецьк	62	87,024	1,404
g	Myrnohrad	Мирноград	23	55,815	2,427
h	Dobropillia	Добропілля	20	71,695	3,585
i	Dokuchaievsk	Докучаєвськ	119	25,265	212
j	Donetsk	Донецьк	571	1,033,424	1,810
k	Druzhkivka	Дружківка	47	74,901	1,594
l	Yenakiieve	Єнакієве	425	161,535	380
m	Zhdanivka	Жданівка	2	14,793	7,397
n	Khrestivka	Хрестівка	7	30,910	4,416
o	Kostiantynivka	Костянтинівка	66	95,111	1,441
p	Kramatorsk	Краматорськ	356	216,162	607
q	Lyman	Лиман	192	29,610	154
r	Pokrovsk	Покровськ	39	83,251	2,135
s	Makiivka	Макіївка	426	432,830	1,016
t	Mariupol	Маріуполь	244	514,548	2,109
u	Novohrodivka	Новогродівка	6	17,473	2,912
v	Selydove	Селидове	108	62,589	580
w	Sloviansk	Словянськ	74	146,585	1,981
x	Snizhne	Сніжне	189	82,609	437
y	Chystiakove	Чистякове	105	95,632	911
z	Khartsyzk	Харцизьк	207	114,105	551
aa	Shakhtarsk	Шахтарськ	51	71,658	1,405
ab	Yasynuvata	Ясинувата	19	37,552	1,976

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Bolekhiv	Болехів	300	21,219	71
b	Ivano-Frankivsk	Івано-Франківськ	84	233,418	2,779
c	Kalush	Калуш	65	67,902	1,045
d	Kolomyia	Коломия	41	61,989	1,512
e	Yaremcha	Яремча	657	21,450	33
f	Burshtyn	Бурштин	32.71	15,298	467

Kyiv Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Boryspil	Бориспіль	20	54,591	2,730
b	Berezan	Березань	33	17,367	526
c	Bila Tserkva	Біла Церква	34	200,131	5,886
d	Brovary	Бровари	34	86,839	2,554
e	Vasylkiv	Васильків	21	39,722	1,892
f	Irpin	Ірпінь	38	101,761	2,678
g	Pereiaslav	Переяслав	32	31,634	989
h	Pripyat	Прип'ять	6	0	0
i	Rzhyschiv	Ржищів	36	8,447	235
j	Slavutych	Славутич	21	24,402	1,162
k	Fastiv	Фастів	43	51,976	1,209
l	Bucha*	Буча	26	28,533	1,100
m	Obukhiv*	Обухів	24	32,737	1,400

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Kirovohrad Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Znamianka	Знам'янка	15	35,569	2,371
b	Kropyvnytskyi	Кропивницький	103	262,543	2,549
c	Oleksandriia	Олександрія	61	104,461	1,712
d	Svitlovodsk	Світловодськ	45	57,609	1,280

Kharkiv Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Izium	Ізюм	40	56,114	1,403
b	Kupiansk	Куп’янськ	33	62,620	1,898
c	Lozova	Лозова	18	73,098	4,061
d	Liubotyn	Люботин	31	26,945	869
e	Pervomaiskyi	Первомайський	30	33,016	1,101
f	Kharkiv	Харків	306	1,470,902	4,807
g	Chuhuiv	Чугуїв	13	37,715	2,901

Kherson Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Kakhovka	Каховка	31	38,238	1,233
b	Nova Kakhovka	Нова Каховка	223	74,599	335
c	Kherson	Херсон	423	367,188	868
d	Hola Prystan	Гола Пристань	9	16,028	1,780

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Kamianets-Podilskyi	Кам'янець-Подільський	26	99,610	3,831
b	Netishyn	Нетішин	66	34,340	520
c	Slavuta	Славута	22	34,358	1,562
d	Starokostiantyniv	Старокостянтинів	17	35,206	2,071
e	Khmelnytskyi	Хмельницький	86	253,994	2,953
f	Shepetivka	Шепетівка	38	48,212	1,269

Luhansk Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Alchevsk	Алчевськ	49	119,193	2,433
b	Antratsyt	Антрацит	61	90,835	1,489
c	Brianka	Брянка	64	61,357	959
n	Kadiivka	Кадіївка	92	108,266	1,177
d	Holubivka	Голубівка	35	45,012	1,286
e	Khrustalnyi	Хрустальний	154	145,129	942
f	Sorokyne	Сорокине	77	118,168	1,535
g	Lysychansk	Лисичанськ	96	133,258	1,388
h	Luhansk	Луганськ	286	503,248	1,760
i	Pervomaisk	Первомайськ	89	80,622	906
j	Rovenky	Ровеньки	217	91,712	423
k	Rubizhne	Рубіжне	34	65,322	1,921
l	Dovzhansk	Довжанськ	84	110,159	1,311
m	Sievierodonetsk	Сєверодонецьк	58	129,752	2,237

Lviv Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Boryslav	Борислав	37	40,434	1,093
b	Drohobych	Дрогобич	41	99,982	2,439
c	Lviv*	Львів	171	758,526	4,436
d	Morshyn	Моршин	2	6,482	3,241
e	Novyi Rozdil	Новий Розділ	8	28,227	3,528
f	Sambir	Самбір	15	36,556	2,437
g	Stryi	Стрий	17	62,479	3,675
h	Truskavets	Трускавець	8	31,037	3,880
i	Chervonohrad	Червоноград	17	85,359	5,021

Mykolaiv Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Voznesensk	Вознесенськ	23	42,634	1,854
b	Mykolaiv	Миколаїв	260	514,136	1,977
c	Ochakiv	Очаків	13	16,929	1,302
d	Pervomaisk	Первомайськ	25	70,170	2,807
e	Yuzhnoukrainsk	Южноукраїнськ	24	38,206	1,592

Odesa Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi	Білгород-Дністровський	31	58,436	1,885
b	Chornomorsk	Чорноморськ	25	63,726	2,549
c	Izmail	Ізмаїл	53	84,815	1,600
d	Odesa	Одеса	139	1,029,049	7,403
e	Podilsk	Подільськ	15	40,718	2,715
f	Teplodar	Теплодар	3	8,830	2,943
g	Yuzhne	Южне	9	23,977	2,664
h	Balta	Балта	22.97	19,962	869
i	Biliaivka	Біляївка	14.554	14,294	982

Poltava Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Horishni Plavni	Горішні Плавні	174	54,313	312
b	Kremenchuk	Кременчук	96	234,073	2,438
c	Lubny	Лубни	30	52,572	1,752
d	Myrhorod	Миргород	29	42,886	1,479
e	Poltava	Полтава	104	317,998	3,058
f	Hadiach	Гадяч	17.78	22,698	1275

Rivne Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Dubno	Дубно	27	39,146	1,450
b	Ostroh	Острог	10	14,801	1,480
c	Rivne	Рівне	58	248,813	4,290
d	Varash	Вараш	4	38,830	9,708

Sumy Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Hlukhiv	Глухів	84	36,056	429
b	Konotop	Конотоп	103	97,296	945
c	Lebedyn	Лебедин	167	29,710	178
d	Okhtyrka	Охтирка	31	50,713	1,636
e	Romny	Ромни	29	50,929	1,756
f	Shostka	Шостка	36	87,130	2,420
g	Sumy	Суми	146	295,847	2,026

Ternopil Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Ternopil	Тернопіль	59	227,755	3,860
b	Chortkiv	Чортків	30	29,057	969
c	Kremenets	Кременець	18.14	22,051	1,216
d	Berezhany	Бережани	18	17,617	979

Vinnytsia Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Vinnytsia	Вінниця	61	356,665	5,847
b	Zhmerynka	Жмеринка	18	37,349	2,075
c	Koziatyn	Козятин	9	27,643	3,071
d	Ladyzhyn	Ладижин	11	23,456	2,132
e	Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Могилів-Подільський	22	33,138	1,506
f	Khmilnyk	Хмільник	20	27,898	1,395

Volyn Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Володимир-Волинський	17	38,256	2,250
b	Kovel	Ковель	47	66,401	1,413
c	Lutsk	Луцьк	42	208,816	4,972
d	Novovolynsk	Нововолинськ	17	58,688	3,452

Zakarpattia Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Berehove	Берегове	15	27,235	1,816
b	Mukachevo	Мукачево	28	82,346	2,941
c	Uzhhorod	Ужгород	33	117,317	3,555
d	Khust	Хуст	11	32,348	2,941
e	Chop	Чоп	2	8,919	4,460

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Berdiansk	Бердянськ	83	124,959	1,506
b	Enerhodar	Енергодар	64	56,242	879
c	Zaporizhzhia	Запоріжжя	236	817,882	3,466
d	Melitopol	Мелітополь	42	160,657	3,825
e	Tokmak	Токмак	32	36,275	1,134

Zhytomyr Oblast

#	Raion or city	Raion or city (Ukrainian Wikipedia)	Area (km2.)	Population (1 December 2001)	Density (people on 1 km2.)	Centre	Important cities
a	Berdychiv	Бердичів	36	87,575	2,433
b	Zhytomyr	Житомир	61	284,236	4,660
c	Korosten	Коростень	30	66,669	2,222
d	Novohrad-Volynskyi	Новоград-Волинський	27	56,259	2,084
e	Malyn	Малин	61	27,083	0,346

See also

• Ukraine portal

• Administrative divisions of Ukraine
• City of district significance (Ukraine), similar category for smaller cities
• Consolidated city-county
• List of cities in Ukraine, sortable list of cities by region and population
• List of places named after people (Ukraine)

External links

• Регіони України та їх склад [Regions of Ukraine and their composition]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
• "On Procedure of settlement of matters of administrative-territorial structure of the Ukrainian SSR". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.