Zhytomyr Oblast Житомирська область Zhytomyrs'ka oblast’ | |
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Admin. centre | Zhytomyr |
Govrenment | |
• Governor | Serhiy Ryzhuk[1] (Pairty o Regions[1]) |
• Oblast cooncil | 97[2] seats |
• Chairperson | Vitaliy Yosypovych Frantsuz (BYuT) |
Area | |
• Total | 29832 km2 (11,518 sq mi) |
Area rank | Ranked 5t |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,328,158 |
• Rank | Ranked 16t |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | ? |
Aurie code | +380-41 |
ISO 3166 code | UA-18 |
Raions | 4 |
Ceeties (tot) | 11 |
Touns | 43 |
Veelages | 1625 |
FIPS 10-4 | UP27 |
Website | www.zhitomir-region.gov.ua |
Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukrainian: Житомирська область, translit. Zhytomyrs’ka oblast’; referred tae as Zhytomyrshchyna - Ukrainian: Житомирщина) an aw, is an oblast (province) o northren Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Zhytomyr.
The oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 22 September 1937.
The oblast is locatit in the historic region o Polesie (Ukrainian: Полісся, translit. Polissia).
The tot aurie o the Zhytomyr Oblast encompasses 29,832 km2 (11,518 sq mi).
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The current estimatit population o the oblast is 1,328,158 (as o 2006). Zhytomyr Oblast is the maist important centre o Pols minority in Ukraine, which is numbered thare at 49,000.
The economy o Zhytomyr Oblast maistly deals wi minin o granite an ither construction stane, forestry, agricultur an various machinery manufacturin.
The northren pairt o the province is heichlie affectit bi the Chernobyl disaster: some o the touns an raions are devastatit an are includit in the Chernobyl zone, while ithers are prohibitit frae producin thair awn agricultur.
The Zhytomyr Oblast is subdividit intae 23 raions (destricts), an 5 o its ceeties are designatit as separate raions athin the oblast.
The destricts o the Zhytomyr oblast include:
Important ceeties o Zhytomyr Oblast include:
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: Zhytomyr is the centre o the Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' (Zhytomyr Oblast). Maist oblasts are anaw sometimes referred tae in a feminine noun form, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Zhytomyr Oblast, Zhytomyrshchyna.
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