Zaporizhia Oblast

Zaporizhia Oblast (, translit. Zaporiz'ka oblast’; referred tae as Zaporizhzhya –  an aw) is an oblast (province) o soothren Ukraine. Its caipital is Zaporizhia.

This oblast is an important pairt o Ukraine's industry an agricultur.

 Geography 

The aurie o the province is 27,200 km²; its population (as o 2004-05-01) is 1.9 million.

Important ceeties include:
 Berdyansk
 Enerhodar – hame o the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Pouer Plant
 Melitopol
 Zaporizhia

 History 

The Zaporizhia Oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 10 Januar 1939.

The territory o the oblast came unner the dominion o the Golden Horde efter the faw o Kievan Rus'. The steppes aff o the Dnieper River wur subsequently ruled bi the Crimean Khanate, beginnin in 1445.

Frae the 15t century tae the 18t century, the northren pairts o the province belangit tae the Zaporizhian Sich – a sel-govrened military republic o the Ukrainian Kozaks.

 Points o interest 
The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.
 Kamyana Mohyla, prehistoric "Stane Tomb" steid (museum-preserve)
 Khortytsia
 Dniprostroy

 Subdiveesions 

The Zaporizhia Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 20 raions (destricts) as well as 5 ceeties (municipalities) that are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Berdiansk, Enerhodar, Melitopol, Tokmak, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Zaporizhia.

 Raions o the Zaporizhia Oblast  In Scots In Ukrainian Admeenistrative Center Berdianskyi RaionБердянський район Berdians'kyi raionBerdiansk (Ceety) Chernihivskyi RaionЧернігівський район Chernihivs'kyi raionChernihivka (Urban-type settlement) Huliaipilskyi RaionГуляйпільський район Huliaipils'kyi raionHuliaipole (Ceety) Kamyansko-Dniprovskyi RaionКам'янсько-Дніпровський район Kamyans'ko-Dniprovs'kyi raionKamyanka-Dniprovska (Ceety) Kuibyshevskyi RaionКуйбишевський район Kuibyshevs'kyi raionKuibysheve (Urban-type settlement) Melitopolskyi RaionМелітопольський район Hertsayivs'kyi raionMelitopol (Ceety) Mykhailivskyi RaionМихайлівський район Mykhailivs'kyi raionMykhailivka (Urban-type settlement) Novomykolaivskyi RaionНовомиколаївський район Novomykolayivs'kyi raionNovomykolaivka (Urban-type settlement) Orikhivskyi RaionОріхівський район Orikhivs'kyi raionOrikhiv (Ceety) Polohivskyi RaionПологівський район Polohivs'kyi raionPolohy (Ceety) Pryazovskyi RaionПриазовський район Pry-azovs'kyi raionPryazovske (Urban-type settlement) Prymorskyi RaionПриморський район Prymors'kyi raionPrymorsk (Ceety) Rozivskyi RaionРозівський район Rozivs'kyi raionRozivka (Urban-type settlement) Tokmatskyi RaionТокмацький район Tokmats'kyi raionTokmak (Ceety) Vasylivskyi RaionВасилівський район Vasylivs'kyi raionVasylivka (Ceety) Velykobilozerskyi RaionВеликобілозерський район Velykobilozers'kyi raionVelyka Bilozerka (Veelage) Veselivskyi RaionВеселівський район Veselivs'kyi raionVesele (Urban-type settlement) Vilnianskyi RaionВільнянський район Vilnians'kyi raionVilniansk (Ceety) Yakymivskyi RaionЯкимівський район Yakymivs'kyi raionYakymivka (Urban-type settlement) Zaporizkyi RaionЗапорізький район Zaporiz'kyi raionZaporizhia (Ceety)

 See an aw 
 Subdiveesions o Ukraine

 Further readins 
  Запорізька область: Ілюстрована енциклопедія. [Т.2]: Архітектура і містобудування. Культура. Економіка. Райони області / К.С. Карафін, О. І. Красюк. -Запоріжжя : Дике Поле, 2004. - 293 с.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Zaporizhia Oblast Admeenistration – offeecial wabsteid 
 Zaporizhia Oblast Rada – offeecial wabsteid 


Category:Oblasts o Ukraine
Category:States an territories established in 1939