Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

**Dnipropetrovsk Oblast** (, *Dnipropetrovs’ka oblast’* or Дніпропетровщина, *Dnipropetrovshchyna*) is an oblast (province) o central Ukraine, the maist important industrial region o the kintra. Its admeenistrative centre is Dnipro.

Important ceeties athin the oblast include: Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, Nikopol

## Geography

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is locatit in sootheastren Ukraine. The aurie o the oblast' (31,900&nbsp;km²), comprises aboot 5.3% o the tot aurie o the kintra.

Its langitude frae north tae sooth is 130&nbsp;km, frae east tae wast – 300&nbsp;km. The oblast' borders the Poltava an Kharkiv Oblast's on the north, the Donetsk Oblast on the east, the Zaporizhia an Kherson Oblast's on the sooth, an the Mykolaiv an Kirovohrad Oblast's on the wast.

## Historical steids
The follaein historical-cultural steids wur nominatit tae the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.
* Stane divas (monuments o the Wild Steppes)
* Tomb o kosh ataman Sirko
* Troitsk Cathedral
* Kirk o Virgin Mary birth
* the waws o Ukrainian defensive line

## Admeenistrative Sudiveesions

The follaein data incorporates the nummer o each type o admeenistrative diveesions o the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

* Admeenistrative Center – 1 (Dnipro)
* Raions — 22;
* Ceety raions — 18;
* Settlements — 1504, includin:
** Veelages — 1438;
** Ceeties/Touns — 66, includin:
*** Urban-type settlement — 46;
*** Ceeties — 20, includin:
**** Ceeties o oblast' subordinance — 13;
**** Ceeties o raion subordinance — 8;
* Silradas — 288.

The local admeenistration o the oblast' is controlled bi the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Rada. The govrenor o the oblast' is the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Rada speaker, appointit bi the Preses o Ukraine.

## Demographics

Its population (as o 2004) is 3,493,062 constitutes 5.3% o the oweraw Ukrainian population.

As o the 2001 census, the ethnic groups athin the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are:

* Ukrainians – 79.3%,
* Roushies – 17.6%,
* Belaroushies – 0.8%,
* Jews – 0.4%,
* Armenies – 0.3%,
*Azeris – 0.2%,
* Moldovians – 0.12%,
* Gypsies – 0.11%,
* Tatars – 0.11%,
* Germans – 0.11%,
* Ither – 0.95%;

the groups bi native leid:

* Ukrainian 67%,
* Roushie 32%,
* ither leids 1 %.

## Environment

The oblast' is situatit in the steppe region. Forests in the oblast' occupy aboot 3,9% o the oblast's tot territory). The average temperatur in the winter balances frae − an in the simmer . The average annual rainfaw is 400–490&nbsp;mm

The tender climate, mineral soorces, an the curative mud allou opportunities for rest an cure athin the region. Here thare are 21 heal-centers an medicatit pensions, 10 rest hames, recreation depairtments an rest camps for childer.

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast haes splendid flora an fauna. Here, thare are mair nor 1700 kynds o vegetation, 7500 kynds o ainimals (includin elk, wild boar, dappled deer, roe, hare, tod, wouf, etc.) Thare are an aw 114 pairk an natur objects, includin 15 state reserves; 3 natur memorials, 24 local pairks; 7 landscape pairks; 3 pairk tracts, which althegether mak up approximately 260 square kilometres.

217 rivers flow athin the aurie, includin 55 rivers which are langer than 25&nbsp;km, the major ane bein the Dnieper, which crosses throu the centre o the oblast'. An aw flowin throu the region are three major reservoirs, the Kamianske, Dnieper an Kakhovka, an the Dnieper-Kryvyi Rih Canal.

## Economy

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast haes a heich industry potential. Thare are 712 basic industrial organisations, includin 20 different types o economic activity wi aboot 473,4 thoosan wirkers. The aurie an aw produces aboot 16,9% o the tot industry production o Ukraine. This places the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast seicont in Ukraine (efter the neighbourin Donetsk Oblast).

## Famous fowk frae Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
* Leonid Brezhnev
* Ihor Kolomoyskyi
* Tihon Konstantinov
* Leonid Kuchma
* Yulia Tymoshenko
* Pavlo Lazarenko
* Viktor Pinchuk
* Mikhail Nekrich
* Oksana Baiul
* The Lubavitcher Rebbe

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Ukraine
* Privat Group

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial steid o Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Admeenistration  
* Unoffeecial informational steid 
* Ceety Portal wi forum an ceety photoalbum 
* Information Card o the Region  – offeecial steid o the Cabinet o Meenisters o Ukraine
* Dnipropetrovsk Oblast frae wabsteid Ukraine-CityGuide