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Kherson Oblast Херсонська область Khersons’ka oblast’
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Location of Kherson Oblast (red) on the map of Ukraine (blue).
Administrative center	Kherson
Largest cities
Governor	Borys Vitaliyovych Silenkov
Oblast council
– Chairman	Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Dem'okhin (Party of Regions)
– № of seats
Established
Subdivisions
– Raions	18
– Cities of oblast subordinance	3
– Cities (total)	9
– Towns	30
– Villages	658
Area	Ranked
– Total	28,461 km²
– Land	km²
– Water	(%)
Population	Ranked 21
– Total (2001)	1,126,000
– Density	39,58 p/ km²  -class="mergedrow"
– Average salary	UAH
Time zone	EET +2
– Summer (DST)	EEST +3
Abbreviations
– Postal code
– ISO 3166-2	UA-65
– FIPS 10-4	UP08
– Telephone code	+380-55
– Licence plate	(ukr)
Official website	www.oda.kherson.ua
Verkhovna Rada site

Kherson Oblast (Ukrainian: Херсонська область, translit. Khersons’ka oblast’; also referred to as Khersonshchyna - Ukrainian: Херсонщина) is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.12 million.

Important cities in the oblast include:

• Kherson (capital)
• Kakhovka
• Nova Kakhovka

The Kherson Oblast is bordered by the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the north, the Black Sea and the Crimea on the south, the Mykolayiv Oblast on the west, and the Azov Sea and the Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the east.

The Dnieper River runs through the oblast which includes the Kakhovka Reservoir.

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Kherson Oblast:

• Administrative Center - 1 (Kherson)
• Raions — 18;
• City raions — 3;
• Settlements — 697, including:
  • Villages — 658;
  • Cities/Towns — 39, including:
    • Urban-type settlement — 30;
    • Cities — 9, including:
      • Cities of oblast' subordinance — 3;
      • Cities of raion subordinance — 6;
• Selsovets — 260.

The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

State Administration of Kherson Oblast.

The population of the oblast is 1,367,685 (2004), which 2.4% of the total population of Ukraine. It is also ranked 21^st by its population. The population density is 43 p/km²

About 61.5% or 745,400 people live in urban areas of the Oblast and 38.5% or 467,600 people live in agricultural centers/villages. Men make up 46.7% or 565,400 people of the population, women make up 53.3% or 644,600 people, and pensioners make up 26.2% or 317,400 people of the Oblast population.

Ukrainian National Census (2001):

• Ukrainians — 82,0%
• Russians — 14,1%
• Belarusians — 0,7%
• Crimean Tatars — 0,5%
• Others — 2,7%

• Subdivisions of Ukraine
• Kherson Governorate
• Leon Trotsky, who was born here.

• Portal of Kherson
• Site of Kherson natsionalists
• State Administration of Kherson Region - official site (Ukrainian)
• Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Administrative center:  Kherson
Raions	Beryslavskyi · Bilozerskyi · Chaplynskyi · Henicheskyi · Holoprystanskyi · Hornostaivskyi · Ivanivskyi · Kakhovskyi · Kalanchatskyi · Novotroitskyi · Novovorontsovskyi · Nyzhnosirohozkyi · Skadovskyi · Tsiurupynskyi · Velykolepetyskyi · Velykooleksandrivskyi · Verkhniorohachytskyi · Vysokopilskyi
Cities	Beryslav · Henichesk · Hola Prystan · Kakhovka · Kherson · Nova Kakhovka · Skadovsk · Tavriisk · Tsiurupynsk
Urban-type settlements	Bilozerka · Chaplynka · Hornostaivka · Ivanivka · Kalanchak · Novotroitske · Novovorontsovka · Nyzhni Sirohozy · Velyka Lepetykha · Velyka Oleksandrivka · Verkhniy Rohachyk · Vysokopillia · more...
Villages	more...

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Ukraine
Capital: Kiev
Oblasts	Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sumy · Ternopil · Vinnytsia · Volyn · Zakarpattia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr
Cities with special status	Kiev City · Sevastopol City
Autonomous Republic	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Administrative centers	Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev City · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lutsk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sevstopol City · Simferopol · Sumy · Ternopil · Uzhhorod · Vinnytsia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr

Coordinates: 46°30′N, 34°00′E