Luhansk Oblast Луганська область Luhans’ka oblast’ | |
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![]() Location o Luhansk Oblast (red) athin Ukraine (blue) | |
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Established | 3 Juin 1938 |
Admin. centre | Luhansk |
Govrenment | |
• Governor | Valeriy Holenko[6] (Pairty o Regions[6]) |
• Oblast cooncil | ? seats |
• Chairperson | Vladimir Prystyuk[7] (Pairty o Regions[7]) |
Area | |
• Total | 26684 km2 (10,303 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 2,409,000 |
• Rank | Ranked 7t |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Demografics | |
• Offeecial leid(s) | Ukrainian, Roushie |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | ? |
Aurie code | +380-64 |
ISO 3166 code | UA-09 |
Vehicle registration | BB |
Raions | 8 |
Ceeties (tot) | 37 |
Touns | 109 |
Veelages | 792 |
FIPS 10-4 | UP14 |
Website | loga.gov.ua oblrada.lg.ua |
Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, translit. Luhans’ka oblast’, Roushie: Луганская область, translit. Luganskaya oblast; an aa referred tae as Luhanshchyna – Ukrainian: Луганщина or locally as Luhan' (Лугань)) is the eastmaist oblast (province) o Ukraine. Its admeenistrative centre is Luhansk. The oblast wis established on 3 Juin 1938 an bore the name Voroshilovgrad Oblast (till 1958 an again frae 1970 tae 1990) in honour o Kliment Voroshilov.
Important ceeties athin the oblast include: Alchevsk, Antratsyt, Bryanka, Kirovsk, Krasnyi Luch, Krasnodon, Lysychansk, Luhansk, Pervomaisk, Rovenky, Rubizhne, Sverdlovsk, Syeverodonetsk, Stakhanov.
The Luhansk Oblast is locatit in eastren Ukraine. The aurie o the oblast' (26,700 km²), comprises aboot 4.42% o the tot aurie o the kintra.
Its langitude frae north tae sooth is 250 km, frae east tae wast – 190 km. The oblast' borders the Belgorod an Voronezh Oblast's o Roushie on the north, the Rostov Oblast o Roushie on the east, the Rostov Oblast on the sooth, an the Kharkiv an Donetsk Oblast's on the wast.
The follaein data incorporates the nummer o each type o admeenistrative diveesions o the Luhansk Oblast:
The local admeenistration o the oblast' is controlled bi the Luhansk Oblast Rada. The govrenor o the oblast' is the Luhansk Oblast Rada speaker, appointit bi the Preses o Ukraine.
The population is lairgely Roushie-speakin awtho ethnic Ukrainians constitute a majority. Mair nor 69% o the population consider thairsels native Roushie speakers.
Its population (as o 2004) o 2,461,506 million constitutes 5.13% o the oweraw Ukrainian population. The Luhansk Oblast rates fift in Ukraine bi the nummer o its indwallers, haein an average population density o 90.28 /km². Aboot 87% o the population lives in urban auries, an the rest – 13%, reside in agricultural auries. Accordin tae the naitional census, 54.0% o the population are Ukrainians an 42% are Roushies.
On 25 Aprile 2006, the Oblast's cooncil votit tae recognise Roushie as a co-offeecial leid in the territory o Luhansk Oblast. Housomeivver, such a decision mey hae nae legal effect accordin tae Ukraine's legislation.
The oblast belongs tae the historical region o Donbas as well as tae Sloboda Ukraine (Slobozhanshchina). Atween 1753 an 1764, a territory o Imperial Roushie named Slavo-Serbia existit in this aurie wi administrative seat in Slovianoserbsk.
The follaein historic-cultural steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.
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