Kirovohrads'ka oblast' (Кіровоградська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) of Ukraine. Its capital is Kirovohrad. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Ukrainian is an East Slavic language, one of three members of this language group, the other two being Russian and Belarusian. ... An oblast ( Russian, Ukrainian: о́бласть) is a subnational entity of Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union, approximately equivalent to a province. ... Province is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries. ... Ukraine (Україна, Ukrayina in Ukrainian; Украина in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Kirovohrad emblem Kirovohrad flag Kirovohrad (Кіровоград) is a city in Ukraine, population 239,400 (2004). ...

The area of the province is 24,600 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.1 million. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...

There are 21 raions (districts) in Kirovohrads'ka oblast'. Their center cities are: Olexandriya, Olexandrivka, Bobrynets', Hayvoron, Holovanivs'k, Dobrovelychkivka, Dolyns'ka, Znamyanka, Kirovohrad, Kompaniyivka, Mala Vyska, Novgorodka, Novoarkhanhels'k, Novomyrhorod, Novoukrainka, Vil'shanka, Onufriyivka, Petrove, Svitlovods'k, Ulyanivka, Ustynivka. See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ...

Important cities of Kirovohrads'ka oblast' include:

• Svitlovods'k
• Kirovohrad
• Olexandriya
• Hayvoron
• Dobrovelychkivka

Dobrovelychkivka is the geographical center of Ukraine. Kirovohrad emblem Kirovohrad flag Kirovohrad (Кіровоград) is a city in Ukraine, population 239,400 (2004). ...