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Kyivs’ka oblast’ (Київська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) in northern Ukraine. Its capital is Kyiv. Despite hosting governing bodies of the province, Kyiv itself is independent from surrounding oblast' (being a municipality). The Russian name of the region is Kievskaya oblast' (since the city is called Kiev in Russian), a variant which is more familiar to readers in the West.
Geographically, the province is divided into two almost equal parts by the Dnipro River flowing southwards.
The north-western end of the province is a part of a closed devastated zone around the former nuclear plant of Chornobyl. The largest city within zone is Pryp'yat (now a ghost town).
The area of the region is 28,100 kmē. Its population, excluding Kyiv itself, (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.8 million.
KyivRegion comprises 25 districts and 24 cities, including 11 cities of regional submission, 30 settlements and 1220 villages.
The enterprises of the regional machine-building are specialized on production and repair of machines for agriculture, in particular for stock-raising and fodder-production, chemical equipment, excavators, melioration machines, equipment for food industry, household and other appliances (household lamps, refrigerators, electrical engineering and heating devices, air conditioners and others).
KyivRegion has the dense network of railways and motor-car ways with the length of 800 and 8200 km respectively.
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