Kirovohrad Oblast
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Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, translit. Kirovohrads’ka oblast’; referred tae as Kirovohradschyna - Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина an aw) is an oblast (province) o Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Kropyvnytskyi.
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Geography
The aurie o the province is 24,600 km2 (9,498.11 sq mi), its population (as o 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million.
The ceety o Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical centre o Ukraine.
History
The oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 10 Januar 1939.
Atween 1752 an 1764, the Kirovohrad Oblast wis a territory o Imperial Roushie namit Nova Serbia, an existit in this aurie wi an admeenistrative seat in Novomyrhorod.
Points o interest
The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.
- Khutir Nadia
- Saint Elizabeth fortress
- Oblast airt museum
Subdiveesions
The Kirovohrad Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 21 raions (destricts) as well as 4 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Oleksandriia, Svitlovodsk, Znamianka, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Kropyvnytskyi.
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Nomenclatur
Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: Kirovohrad is the centre o the Kirovohrads’ka oblast’ (Kirovohrad Oblast). Maist oblasts are whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form an aw, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Kirovohrad Oblast, Kirovohradshchyna.
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See an aw
- Subdiveesions o Ukraine
References
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