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Encyclopedia > Kyivs'ka oblast'
Kyivs’ka oblast’
Київська область
Kyivs'ka oblast' is located ...
capital Kyiv
established 1939-12-04
population

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   density
   urban Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ...


1,789,259
64/km²
58.6%

area 28,100 km²
raions
cities
city districts
urban-type
localities
villages
25
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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). 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. ... Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...


Geographically, the province is divided into two almost equal parts by the Dnipro River flowing southwards. The Dnieper River (Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Ukrainian: Днiпро/Dnipro; Polish: Dniepr; Latin: Borysthenes, Danaper) is a river (2290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine. ...


The north-western end of the province is a part of the Chornobyl' zone. The largest city within zone is Pryp'yat (now a ghost town). The Zone of Alienation, a. ... Pripyat Abandoned village near Pripyat Ukrainian Prypyat (При́пять), Russian Pripyat (При́пять), abandoned city located in the north of Ukraine, near the Belarus border. ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ...


The area of the region is 28,100 km². Its population, excluding Kyiv itself, (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.8 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). ...


Important cities include:


Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian Бiла Церква=White church, Russian Белая Церковь, Belaya Tserkov) is a city in Kyivska oblast of Ukraine. ... Brovary (Ukrainian Бровари) is a city in Ukraines Kyivska oblast, close to the capital city of Kyiv. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... Fastiv (Ukrainian Фастів) is a city in northern Ukraine, a center of the Fastivskyi raion (district) within Kyivska oblast. Population 50,500 (2004). ...

Subdivisions of Ukraine Flag of Ukraine
oblasts: Cherkas'ka | Chernihivs'ka | Chernivets'ka | Dnipropetrovs'ka | Donets'ka | Ivano-Frankivs'ka | Kharkivs'ka | Khersons'ka | Khmel'nyts'ka | Kirovohrads'ka | Kyivs'ka | Luhans'ka | L'vivs'ka | Mykolaivs'ka | Odes'ka | Poltavs'ka | Rivnens'ka | Sums'ka | Ternopil's'ka | Vinnyts'ka | Volyns'ka | Zakarpats'ka | Zaporiz'ka | Zhytomyrs'ka
autonomous republic: Crimea
cities with special status: Kyiv | Sevastopol'

 

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