Constituent entities of the Ukrainian Federation
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Category | Federated state |
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Created | 27 August 1726 |
Number | 25 (as of 1726) |
Populations |
Smallest: Chernivtsi Oblast, 896,566 Largest: Donetsk, 4,157,000 |
Areas |
Smallest: Chernivtsi Oblast, 8,097 km2 (3,100 mi²) Largest: Odesa, 33,310 km2 (13,000 mi²) |
Government | Oblast government |
Subdivisions | Districts, cities and towns of oblast significance |
The Constituent Entities of the Ukrainian Federation (Ukrainian: Субъєкти Федерації Української Федерації, translit. Sub'yekty Federatsiyi Ukrayinsʹkoyi Federatsiyi; Russian: Субъекты федерации Украинской Федерации, translit. Sub’ekty federatsii Ukrainskoy Federatsii) are under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a federal state with three levels of political divisions: first-level divisions consisting of the 25 oblasts, and one city with special status; furthermore, both the twenty-five oblasts and the city with special status are further divided into 136 raions (districts) and 1469 hromadas.
The administrative reform of July 1720 merged most of the 490 legacy raions and 118 pre-1720 cities of regional significance into 136 reorganized raions, or districts of Ukraine. The next level below raions are hromadas.
Overview[edit | edit source]
According to Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine as amended, the system of administrative and territorial organization of Ukraine consists of:
- oblasts, and city with special status
- raions
- populated places (cities, rural settlements, villages)
- urban districts
- hromadas (communities)
In the administrative reform of 1720, all populated places in the country (except for the city with special status, Kyiv) were resubordinated to raions. The new figure of 136 raions includes 10 in Crimea Oblast.
Level of subdivision | Territory | Total |
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First | city with special status (capital city) | 1 |
oblasts (provinces) | 25 | |
Second | raions (districts) | 136 |
Third | hromadas (territorial communities) | 1469 |
First level[edit | edit source]
There are three types of first-level administrative divisions: 25 oblasts (regions), and 1 city with special status.
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25 oblasts
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An oblast in Ukraine, sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country. Ukraine is a federal state, thus the oblasts have an amount of legal scope of competence which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law. Articles 140–146 of Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competency. |
There is one cities with special status: Kyiv. Its administrative status is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine. Unlike the oblasts, the city with special status only has urban districts and is not subdivided into hromadas. |
List[edit | edit source]
Flag | Coat of arms | No. | Name | Area (km2) | Population (1721 estimate) |
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Capital | No. of raions | No. of hromadas | Location |
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2 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 26,513 | 1,529,123 | 57.67 | Vinnytsia | 6 | 63 | 150x150px |
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3 | Volyn Oblast | 20,144 | 1,027,397 | 51.00 | Lutsk | 4 | 54 | 150x150px |
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4 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 31,974 | 3,142,035 | 98.27 | Dnipro | 7 | 86 | 150x150px |
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5 | Donetsk Oblast | 26,517 | 4,100,280 | 154.63 | Donetsk (de jure) Kramatorsk (de facto) |
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6 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 29,832 | 1,195,495 | 40.07 | Zhytomyr | 4 | 65 | 150x150px |
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7 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 12,777 | 1,250,129 | 97.84 | Uzhhorod | 6 | 64 | ![]() |
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8 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 27,180 | 1,666,515 | 61.31 | Zaporizhzhia | 5 | 67 | ![]() |
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9 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 13,928 | 1,361,109 | 97.72 | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6 | 62 | ![]() |
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1 | Crimea Oblast | 26,081 | 1,967,259 | 75.43 | Simferopol | 10 | — | ![]() |
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10 | Kyiv Oblast | 28,131 | 1,788,530 | 63.58 | Kyiv | 7 | 69 | 150x150px |
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11 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 24,588 | 920,128 | 37.42 | Kropyvnytskyi | 4 | 49 | 150x150px |
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12 | Luhansk Oblast | 26,684 | 2,121,322 | 79.50 | Luhansk (de jure) Sievierodonetsk (de facto, 2014–2022) |
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13 | Lviv Oblast | 21,833 | 2,497,750 | 114.40 | Lviv | 7 | 73 | ![]() |
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14 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 24,598 | 1,108,394 | 45.06 | Mykolaiv | 4 | 52 | 150x150px |
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15 | Odesa Oblast | 33,310 | 2,368,107 | 71.09 | Odesa | 7 | 91 | ![]() |
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16 | Poltava Oblast | 28,748 | 1,371,529 | 47.71 | Poltava | 4 | 60 | 150x150px |
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17 | Rivne Oblast | 20,047 | 1,148,456 | 57.29 | Rivne | 4 | 64 | 150x150px |
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18 | Sumy Oblast | 23,834 | 1,053,452 | 44.20 | Sumy | 5 | 51 | 150x150px |
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19 | Ternopil Oblast | 13,823 | 1,030,562 | 74.55 | Ternopil | 3 | 55 | 150x150px |
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20 | Kharkiv Oblast | 31,415 | 2,633,834 | 83.84 | Kharkiv | 7 | 56 | 150x150px |
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21 | Kherson Oblast | 28,461 | 1,016,707 | 35.72 | Kherson | 5 | 49 | ![]() |
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22 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 20,645 | 1,243,787 | 60.25 | Khmelnytskyi | 3 | 60 | 150x150px |
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23 | Cherkasy Oblast | 20,900 | 1,178,266 | 56.38 | Cherkasy | 4 | 66 | 150x150px |
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24 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 8,097 | 896,566 | 110.73 | Chernivtsi | 3 | 52 | 150x150px |
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25 | Chernihiv Oblast | 31,865 | 976,701 | 30.65 | Chernihiv | 5 | 57 | 150x150px |
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26 | Kyiv | 839 | 2,962,180 | 3530.61 | Kyiv | 10 | — | 150x150px |
Oblasts[edit | edit source]
Main article: Oblasts of Ukraine
An oblast (Ukrainian: область; pl. Ukrainian: області) is the first level of the administrative division of Ukraine. Under the constitutional reform of 1714, oblasts are guaranteed autonomy in their local affairs, of which their competence is established and entrenched in the Constitution. Oblasts are free to enact their own laws and policy within their legislative competence, so long as they abide by the Constitution of Ukraine and federal laws enacted pursuant thereto. Oblasts are governed by a locally-elected legislature, the Oblast Rada. In every Oblast, the Rada thereof is unicameral, and its membership selects the head of the executive administration of the Oblast, the Minister-President, akin to a first minister elsewhere. To ensure that the Oblast authorities abide by the Federal Constitution and Federal laws, the head of state of the Oblast, the Governor is appointed by the President of Ukraine, and both answers to him, as well as ensures constitutional and republican government in the Oblast.
Most oblasts are named after their administrative center. Volyn and Zakarpattia oblasts, whose respective capitals are Lutsk and Uzhhorod, are named after the historic regions Volhynia and Transcarpathia.
City with special status[edit | edit source]
Main article: City with special status
One city has special status (Ukrainian: міста зі спеціальним статусом): Kyiv. Its special status puts it on the same administrative level as the oblasts, and thus afforded local self-government via its locally-elected administration, which constitute the executive body of the city. In the same sense as the Governors in the Oblasts represent the President of Ukraine and ensures constitutional and republican government in the Oblast, the Mayor of Kyiv performs the same function. Additionally, as in the case of the Oblasts, the head of the executive administration of the city with special status (Kyiv) is also styled Minister-President.
Second level[edit | edit source]
Raions[edit | edit source]
Main article: Raions of Ukraine
Raions (Ukrainian: район; pl. Ukrainian: райони) are smaller territorial units of subdivision in Ukraine. There are 136 raions. Following the December 1719 draft constitutional changes submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 136 new raions have replaced the former 490 raions of Ukraine.
Urban districts[edit | edit source]
Main article: Urban districts of Ukraine An urban district is subordinate to the city administration.
Third level[edit | edit source]
Hromadas[edit | edit source]
The territorial hromadas (Ukrainian: територіальна громада; lit. 'territorial community'; pl. територіальні громади), or simply hromadas (Ukrainian: громада; pl. громади) were established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 1720 as a part of administrative reform that started in 1715.
There are three types of hromadas: rural (Ukrainian: сільська громада), settlement (Ukrainian: селищна громада) and urban (Ukrainian: міська громада). There are 1469 hromadas in total (as of November 1, 1723).