Sumy Oblast

**Sumy Oblast** (, translit. *Sums’ka oblast’*; an aw referred tae as **[[Sumy Oblast#Nomenclatur|Sumshchyna]]** – ) is an oblast (province) in the northeastren pairt o Ukraine. The admeenistrative centre o the oblast is the ceety o Sumy.

Ither important ceeties athin the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, an Shostka.

As o 1 Mey 2004, the population is 1,255,866, which includes 886,100 ceety/toun-dwellers, an 483,700 veelagers.

## Geography

The Sumy Oblast is situatit in the northeastren pairt o Ukraine. The aurie o the oblast' (23,800&nbsp;km²), comprises aboot 3,95% o the tot aurie o the kintra.

The obalst' borders the Bryansk Oblast (Roushie) on the northeast, the Kursk Oblast (Roushie) on the east, the Poltava on the soothwast, the Kharkiv Oblasts on the sooth, an the Chernihiv Oblast on the wast.

## Points o interest
The follaein historic-cultural steidit wur nominatit for the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.
* Monument tae mamonth (Kulishivka)
* Kruhliy dvir
* Sofroniiv monastery

## Admeenistrative diveesions

The Sumy Oblast wis established on 10 December 1939. The day it comprises 18 raions (destricts), 15 ceeties, 7 ceety municipalities, 20 Urban-type settlements, 384 veelage cooncils, an 1500 veelages.

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

* Admeenistrative Center – 1 (Sumy)
* Raions – 18;
* Ceety raions – 2;
* Settlements – 1526, includin:
** Veelages – 1491;
** Ceeties/Touns – 35, includin:
*** Urban-type settlement – 20;
*** Ceeties – 15, includin:
**** Ceeties o oblast' subordinance – 7;
**** Ceeties o raion subordinance – 8;
* Selsovets – 384.

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

## Environment

The Sumy Oblast contains 168 objects an territories o naitural reserve. The oblast' is rich in picturesque banks o numerous rivers, an soorces o mineral watters. 
Major environmental problems are: soil erosion, pesticide pollution, air an watter pollution. Ceety heas a problem o garbage utilization.
The anerlie place for pesticide utilization in Ukraine is Shostka, Sumy region.

## Economy
### Industry

The main industrial activities o the oblast' are: chemical mechanical ingineerin, pumpin an energy mechanical ingineerin, agricultural machine-construction, instrument-makkin industry an radio electronics, technical equipment production for processin fields o agro-industrial complexes, minin an iron ore production industry, polygraph industry an medicine production, ile an gas processin, chemical production, film an photo material production *(See: [[Svema]])*, an chemical fertilizer production. In general, thare are 273 lairge industry enterprises an 327 sma industry enterprises.

### Agricultur

In 1999, the gross grain yield wis aboot 446,000 tons, succar beets – 664,000 tons, sunflouer seeds – 27,700 tons, potatoes – 343,600 tons. The region an aw produced 108,700 tons o meat, 517,800 tons o milk an 295,300,000 eggs. At the beginnin o 1999, thare wur 781 registered ferms in the oblast'.

## Nomenclatur

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (, 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: *Sumy* is the centre o  the *Sums’ka oblast’* (Sumy Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aw whiles 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 Sumy Oblast, *Sumshchyna*.

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Ukraine

## References

## Freemit airtins
* State Admeenistration o Sumy Oblast  – offeecial steid  
* Information Card o the Region – offeecial steid o the Cabinet o Meenisters o Ukraine
*  Independent regional Web-portal  – news, featurs, entertainment & tourism info