Chernivtsi Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast (, Chernivets’ka oblast’ ) is an oblast (province) in wastren Ukraine, borderin on Romanie an Moldovae. It haes a muckle variety o landforms: the Carpathie Muntains an picturesque hills at the fuit o the muntains gradually chynge tae a broad pairtly forestit plain situatit atween the Dniester an Prut rivers. Its caipital is the ceety o Chernivtsi. The region haes a population o 913,275 an spans 8,100 km².

 Geografie 
Chernivtsi Oblast covers an aurie o 8,097 km². It is the smawest oblast in Ukraine, representin 1.3% o Ukrainian territory.

In the oblast thare are 75 rivers langer than 10 kilometers. The mucklest rivers are the Dnister (290 km), Prut (128 km) an Siret (113 km).About Oblast  Chernivtsi Oblast State Administration 

The oblast covers three geografic zones: a forest steppe region atween Prut an Dnister rivers, a fuithill region atween the Carpathie Muntains an Prut river, an a muntain region kent as the Bukovinian pairt o the Carpathie Muntains.

Athin the oblast the naitional border o Ukraine wi Romanie extends 226 km, an wi Moldovae 198 km.

Attractions
Khotyn Fortress State historical-airchitectural preserve
Bukovynian Mytropolyt residency
Kozmodemyanivska kirk

 Subdiveesions 

The Chernivtsi Oblast consists o 11 raions (destricts), as well as twa ceeties directly subordinatit tae the oblast:

Raions:
Hertsa Raion (, translit. Hertsayivs'kyi raion)
Hlyboka Raion (, translit. Hlybots'kyi raion)
Kelmentsi Raion (, translit. Kel'menets'kyi raion)
Khotyn Raion (, translit. Khotyns'kyi raion)
Kitsman Raion (, translit. Kitsmans'kyi raion)
Novoselytsia Raion (, translit. Novoselyts'kyi raion)
Putyla Raion (, translit. Putyl's'kyi raion)
Sokyriany Raion (, translit. Sokyryans'kyi raion)
Storozhynets Raion (, translit. Storozhynets'kyi raion)
Vyzhnytsia Raion (, translit. Vyzhnyts'kyi raion)
Zastavna Raion (, translit. Zastavnivs'kyi raion)
Ceeties:
Chernivtsi (), the admeenistrative centre o the oblast
Novodnistrovsk (, translit. Novodnistrovs'k)

At the locality level, the territory o the oblast is dividit atween 11 ceeties, 8 touns, an 252 communes.

References

Freemit airtins
Chernivtsi Oblast Admeenistration  (offeecial wabsteid) 
Chernivtsi Oblast Cooncil  (offeecial wabsteid) 
Statistics Committee o Chernivtsi Oblast  

See an aw
Leet o Canadian place names o Ukrainian oreegin


Category:Oblasts o Ukraine
Category:Bukovinae
Category:States an territories established in 1940